Mindset
It hit me as I was video-calling my mom and sobbing: I never gave myself a break. Flashback to my junior year, everyone hustling to their classes and signing up for the retched thing we called standardized testing. It’s the year when we’re finally on the first floor, seen as upperclassmen, and starting our college process. I thought I had everything down pat: I signed myself up for two semesters with six-seven classes, ran three separate clubs (participated in an additional one), and registered for volleyball in the fall. A mantra repeated itself in my head: if you’re not doing something perfectly at any given moment , you’re not doing enough. Unfortunately, that seems to be the culture of Uni in general. We’re all so high-achieving that we forget to slow down and give ourselves a break. We’re always thinking, “what’s next?” I bet if I walked up to any student in the building and asked how’s their stress level, they’d something like “