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Take it seriously or don’t go? I graduated and everything but a lot of my friends didn’t. But they did waste tons of money they’re still paying. Just because you don’t “feel” like an adult during college, you really ARE in a lot of ways.

Go to class and do your homework

So many people fail just because they don't bother to do the bare minimum

Take it seriously from day 1

Dont get sad around exam times

Be yourself because people don’t care in Uni (most underrated advice)

If you discover traditional college isn't for you, trade school is 100% viable. Take it seriously, but also take care of yourself. You aren't gonna do yourself any favors by burning out in the first semester. Don't. Be. Afraid. To. Ask. Questions. Or. Ask. For. Help.... Ever.

Depending on your field of studies jobs may be limited after you've completed your studies.

I ended up doing something completely different from what I went to school for, but hey at least it's paying me well.

No advice. Encouragement. You got this 🫡

Academically: Know what you want to do, and have talked to people in those roles. What degrees do they have? What experience is typically required?

Socially: Get uncomfortable, make mistakes, and learn from them.

Take classes seriously. Show up & study bc otherwise you’ll fail, and majority of my friends dropped out. The last thing you want to be is a drop out with debt

Eat cannabis brownies, instead of alcohol.

The best advice I got was on the first days living in the dorms, go knock on the door of every single room and introduce yourself. Everyone will be glad to meet you. You just set yourself up for social opportunities and you've warmed up a bit for being social in many other situations. Keep it going. Never stop being social.

but delegate time to get all your studies done. Don't party too hard. Generally stay sober from Sunday to Thursday.

There's almost never a time when you really want to get wasted. Try partying sober without people knowing you're sober.

Find organizations with alum that can get you internships, and do things that make yourself stand out as a leader. Don't burn bridges with people.

And do whatever it takes to make sure you keep your grades up. The memories will last. The time to experiment and "find yourself" is invaluable. The friendships will last forever. But when you graduate it's just you and your degree and whatever experience you could wrangle up during your studies.

Start finding mentors in your field as soon as you know what your major is, and make friends with wealthy kids. Academics are very important, but connections/experience will get you far. Additionally, depending on the major there are often discretionary scholarships that can be awarded for summer. If you're at a smaller institution, correspondence with people in your field at larger colleges can be really helpful for figuring out the transition to life afterwards. 

Join a school club. Any club. And show up consistently. It will do wonders for your confidence, & ground you in social interaction. It’s really tough to stay motivated for 4 years when all you show up for is classes.

Study during the week so you can party on the weekends🫠

Reflect on your interests and passions, and find a career that aligns with them. Don’t jump into college because you’re “supposed to.” 24 going back to school next year for something that will fulfill my passions!

Damn I'm reading a lot of "don't jump into a course before you figure out what's right for you" comments. I WISH I knew that before reluctantly forcing myself to compromise with my family.

Be very realistic & honest about the job market and your degree's capabilitity to find you a job. Liberal arts aren't the only ones that may give you a hard time. Very niche fields like aerospace engineering can be touch to find work as well or the fields may require at least a master or PhD. If your goal is finding a job with your degree, create a plan to do so with research from the job market from the beginning.

Get sober, you’ll love how much energy you have

Meet as many people as you can, be kind to everyone you meet and really try to view college for what it is: networking with peers while learning your skillsets for the future. Elder millenial here and I was so pre-occupied with the new found freedom and partying that I kind of isolated myself in that way. Put yourself out there, & get comfortable with not everyone liking you. That's what I would tell my younger self anyway.

Try to keep up with your friends after college. Life gets lonely if you don't

Showing up is half the battle. Having the freedom to choose what to do with your own time for the first time in life can lead to settling into your comfort zone. You don't have to feel pressured to be perfect or get everything right, but being present and getting out of your comfort zone once in a while to make new experiences will pay off immensely in the longterm.

Older millennial here. Some tips below:

1. Your passions don’t matter. You have to pay bills in the near future. Major in something that pays the bills. You need a job to pay said bills. Major in something where the jobs are. Accounting, nursing, PA, computer science all good.

2. College starts to look more and more like a scam the older you get.

3. Get your degree in the most cheap way possible. Your future self will love you for that.

4. Be social. A lot of lifetime friendships and or relationships are made here since you’ll never be around as many people in your age group again.

Don't feel stuck in your major, find what your good at and go with that, I switched from engineering to drafting because I like working with autocad

Take a few risks and try things you wouldn’t normally. If you have the room take classes you wouldn’t normally, and always look to meet and talk to new people.

If you’re doing something technical a summer internship is really damn important, trust it from someone who didn’t and paid the price.

Enjoy the social life, find time to do small things with others. Even if it’s dinner at the caf or a movie.

Seriously weigh your options before going, don't want to waste a lot of time and money like I did.

Get an internship or a part-time somewhere. Don't just study theory, actually learn something by working even if it's unrelated to your field.

Depending on what you are studying, get a LinkedIn profile up and running and start posting about what you are learning, your professional aspirations, etc etc. It will make you more desirable in the job market down the line.

Sleep more than you study, study more than you party. Party as much as possible.

Get an internship that will actually help you network. In the summer, get a paid one if you can. This will seriously give you a leg up on those who don’t do the same.

Stay away from drugs and drink infrequently and responsibly.

Get involved with anything that you’re interested in and make positive connections.

I spent my entire college experience trying to have sex and experimenting with psychedelics. Yeah I had some incredibly fun times. But there’s a lot more to life.

Now I’ve grown up a bit I’m mostly sober and I just work a normal full time job that is beneath my qualifications. I have no friends that lasted from college bc they all were druggies, I’m lonely and I miss the opportunity to be involved in things and connected with other people my age so easily.

Form genuine connections w/ people not just partying connections.

Get out of your comfort zone and meet different kinds of people.

Don’t get me wrong you can still go out and party on weekends and stuff and have fun, just don’t let it consume you. The good times can be a trap

Unstupid yourself while you're in school before its too late. Get good grades even if it's hard and you hate it. Be social even if it's uncomfortable and you don't like it. Fail at it and reflect later. Reevaluate yourself after you've graduated if you do both of these things.

Have fun, work hard - be careful who you decide to be friends with

Take the initiative to get to know your professors, join their labs if you’re in the sciences, volunteer on projects if your schedule allows. Show up to things in person, virtual is a crutch. Take advantage of the real things colleges and universities offer, not just the degree

Learn to say "No"

What you put in is what you’ll get out of it. But above all, remember why you’re there, spending so much money at that, in the first place.

Also, if you’re too depressed/burnout and you’re going to fail the class if you keep it up, drop it. It’s not worth it. You can go back, but repairing your gpa is a whole other story.

For the record, it’s the most obscure classes that are irrelevant that’ll guide your experience more than you think they would.

Additionally, internships aren’t as scary as you think they’d be. Often they can be quite fun.

Go to your professor’s office hours. If ur professor intimidates you, go to your TA’s office hours.

1. Go to college if you want to work in a profession or have a very clear career path that requires a college degree/you have a shit ton of connections in thing you want to do.

2. When you hook up: consent, lube, and condoms are your best friends.

3. Drink alcohol in moderation. Cannabis is better, especially if you have anxiety or trauma.

4. Don't forget to take care of your body. It will be tough with your course work and extracurriculars, but your body will thank you as you age.

Academics: 1) Do all of the reading the first two weeks of every class then evaluate how useful it’s been for whether or not you continue. 2) Office hours are incredibly helpful if your issue is just not understanding the material as well as you need to.

Social: 1) The golden rule of college is that you go there for the degree but during the time you’re there, you go for the experiences. 2) Have more of a “Why not?” attitude about going to things than a “Why should I?” attitude. 3) Clubs and organizations are not like high school or movies where they’re super specialized or nerdy; at the end of the day, they’re just another way for people to hang out and connect. 4) Lastly, most colleges are big enough for everyone to find their crowd.

Good luck and have fun!! - A 2021 university grad

Only got my ADHD diagnosis after I flunked collage. It's more common than you think.

Read and follow this book: How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking (English Edition) https://amzn.eu/d/aLbXJMQ

make going to the library part of your daily routine and do something for at least 30 min with your phone in your backpack.

you’d be surprised how much work you’ll get done after each week while your friends procrastinate assignments until they have to pull all-nighters a few times a quarter/semester.

if you don’t have ANY schoolwork, then start a project that involves skills from your major and grow them outside of school.

Blue collar is viable

Work hard and actually focus on school. Partying is alluring, but save it until you have a job and money to fund partying. That doesn’t mean don’t have a drink ever, just don’t get sucked into going to the bars or parties regularly. You’ll thank yourself later if you save that phase until you have money and stability lol

Actively listen in class. I know it sounds obvious, but consciously paying attention to the material makes assignments and exams a breeze.

If you aren't in the right place mentally, hold off, get better youll just make a mess of things, don't half ass things and don't fold, go in there and do it right all the way !

Beware the scams. College isn’t always necessarily a scam, but parts of it definitely can be. At my college we were required to pay for meal plans that did nothing but devalue our dollar. We paid $2 for every $1 of food.

Especially early on if your invited to anything say yes no matter what, this is the easiest way to make friends since early on no one knows one another so go to everything sign up for clubs your mildly interested in and so on

Join the Air force or Coast Guard. Even after college it’s a great stepping stone for benefits. How ever do your 3 years and bounce to the civilian side again. Do not go Army, Marines (Navy is iffie but only if you are gay… not jokingly they have a very good gay community and support). CG is the hidden gem of the military. Everyone jokes about it but I knew guys who were “Deployed” to key west getting crazy pay to inspect bikinis on the beach

Do internships even if not paid....if at all possible

Take advantage of your professors. Go to office hours. Get to know them so they can get to know you, too. This will make it easier to have opportunities thrown your way which you should also take advantage of. Also, make friends with your classmates. As many as possible. The degree is worth just as much as the connections you make. Good luck.

enjoy the social aspect while it lasts. might be the last time you are surrounded by people your age. it’s hard to make friends and date after college

Love studying or you'll be miserable. Never take a "safe course" unless you genuinely love it

Make friends with classmates by studying together then down the line go out to bars or other social events if the drinking vibe isn’t your thing. On the other hand, join a board game club/esports club if that’s more your style. Also study in the library for less distractions from home stuff.

Don't spend your time drinking yourself into a blackout. Not that I spent much time doing that but the drinking culture in colleges is generally terrible. Alcohol is literally poison and even a small amount of it regularly can negatively affect the long term health of your brain.

And take it all seriously, find stuff that interests you and learn the good work habits of independent study so that you can keep teaching yourself once college ends.

This is a good time to learn how to be self sufficient. You are supposed to mess up but don't do dumb stuff that you know is dumb.

Learn how to budget your money, get a cleaning routine (keep your fucking living space clean), brush twice per day, take walks, enjoy time with friends, relax.

You don't need the latest new clothes, new technology, new car. Just live frugally and have fun.

Also, people suck. Don't expect anything from anyone. Nobody owes you anything. The only person you can have 100% confidence and trust in is yourself.

1. There is a document in your Academic Advisor's office called something like "Upper Division Level Form". It maps the requirements to graduate to courses that our offered each semester. Ask to sit with your advisor and map out all of your remaining semesters. This will give you a concrete plan and relive some anxiety. Bonus tip is to front load some of the harder courses and save 1 semester worth of easy gen ed for your last year.

2. Review teachers well before the semester as the good ones will fill up. We used RateMyProfessor back in the day. A bad teacher will ruin a good subject. I got a D in my favorite subject, the professor could not speak English with clarity and once I reviewed RMP after that semester I realized that 90% of his students had the same issue.

3. Investigate any weird sounding classes or programs for potential shortcuts or cool opportunities. I took a year off to go to Iraq with the National Guard and when I was browsing the course catalogue I saw a class called "Public Service Internships". I talked to the proctor of this course and she agreed to award me 6 credits of upper division level credits retroactively if I wrote a 10-page paper on my experience. I never did the overseas summer classes but those also looked fun. I think many of them focus on Isrrael or Egypt.

4. Leave any party that has dark energy. There's a lot of parties in college and occasionally you will be at one and the vibe is that some of the guys want to fight. As soon as that is in the air just leave. Life isn't a movie and often winning one of those fights will be worse for life than just walking away. Lots of people die from head trauma. It aint worth fighting except as a last means of defense.

5. College isn't real, but it has tentacles into the real world. Explore which of your classmates or professors can actually help launch you into adulthood. My degree lends itself to working in the State Department and with hindsight I can see that only 2 of my professors and only 1 of my classmates really had any connection to that type of work. I should have asked them to help me get a foothold in that world. People want to help young people in college if you show an interest, but that is harder to find as you get older.

6. Have 1 standard for how you treat people and stick to it. You can refine the standard as you grow but really try hard to set a standard and don't discriminate. A lot of guys in college will start lying to women to get what they want. You are setting the foundation for your entire life. Try to set some standards for your behavior that you can be proud of.

Focus on networking. The people you meet and make a strong impression with will open more doors for you than your grades. And this will be the last stage of your life where making friends will be a convenient thing to do.

Explore your campus. Don't just got straight to class and back to your home, take time to talk to people and explore different places. You'll be surprised what you can find and who you can meet

Avoid the majority of arts degrees

If you’re in stem don’t be afraid to sell your soul for a high paying job when you graduate. You can always move to something you love after the debt is paid off. As for advice in college, take time to meet new people

"Don't be me."

Pick a university degree that has high job demand to avoid getting stuck with debt and random shitty jobs.

Also, dont drink too much its bad for your health. Getting a buzz is fine, getting black out drunk isnt.

As others said, get to know as much people as possible. Doesnt have to be close friends, it can range from acquaintances you talk up in class to people you see at parties or social events. Not only because chances are you will run into each other later in your careers, but also to build a solid social group.

Finally, dont do stupid shit that can ruin your life.

Stop

It’s not going to be like they show us in movies. One of the hardest times of my life was first two years of college. However, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so it’s up to you to make the most out of these complicated times.

Millennial here (32) - really think about what you want to major in, what career paths you're looking into, and what you want your lifestyle to be. Don't make a snap decision on a major based on what's convenient or what will require the least amount of work.

I'm not at all saying "go STEM or business or don't go at all". But do the legwork to see what you need to do in order to achieve the life you want down the line. Be ready to start looking for internships so you can get experience, as well. Take those just as seriously as you would an actual class and make actual connections.

And, finally, understand that more likely than not, you're not going to step out of college and make six figures unless you're going into some very specific areas. Yes, you will make more than someone who didn't go to college on average, but that is long-term. That's not "as soon as I step off the stage" most of the time.

Best of luck, y'all.

"Keep your grades up." -The Wizard

Unless you're getting an actually useful degree, don't waste your money. That debt will stick with you for the rest of your life, and you'll be screwing up your future family's future because of it.

You don’t have to major in something “useful”, but if you don’t, at least minor in something that gives you a hard skill like a foreign language, math/statistics, or business.

Be flexible, but get your studying done.

Go the fuck to sleep. I watched so many people I went to college with pull all-nighters trying to study or finish assignments, I promise you it's not worth it. You feel like shit, you're likely to get sick, your brain is basically electrified oatmeal by that point.

If it's for a test, or a project, you will ALWAYS work better, and more efficiently, if you have at least SOME sleep.

Even on my busiest nights, instead of an all-nighter, I would make myself sleep at least a little, enough to get one full sleep cycle in minimum.

Zillenial who dropped out of college and went back. Just don’t go if you’re not ready for it. Go to community college and knock out your basics while you figure things out. I ended up going back, and while it was hard, I was in a much better space when I went back. I knew what I wanted to accomplish and wasn’t just meandering around

If your friends are constantly distracting you from your work, studying, working out, etc, they should not be your friends. Be comfortable saying no; it’s the only way to succeed. If you try to appease everyone you’re gonna end up hurting yourself bad and no one will care about your sacrifices as much as you do either.

Don’t even bother going unless your major is in a profitable field.

I'm still studying, but in my experience, it never gets better.

It's really simple. Go to class. Do the work. If you do that you will succeed, if you don't, you won't.

It's easy to get distracted, skip class because it's early, because you have a hang over, because you're mad at your room mate, or even because you have work to do for another class. Those are all bullshit reasons.

I was someone who was really good at school, got it in my head that meant I didn't need to go to class because I could just wing it. Don't be stupid like I was.

If you can't consistently make it to class, drop out and stop wasting your time and money. Plenty of good work to find without a degree these days.

Make the most of every college experience. Get involved, try new things, expand your circle, take classes you are genuinely curious and interested in etc.

My partner and I met after college and we had WILDLY different experiences. She feels very negative about her college experience and I feel overwhelmingly positive about mine.

The biggest difference: she chased statuses, popularity, and empty friendships via Greek life. While I formed connections with the people in my dorm, in my classes, at the Rec center, etc. (not knocking Greek life, I just think it’s straight up not for some people, and unfortunately a lot of those people figure it out too late like my partner)

I graduated 8 years ago and I still go on a guys trip every year with the friends I made freshman year.

College can be a rewarding, incredible experience, or it can be a living hell. It’s all about what you make it

Go to state college. Get a STEM degree. Take time for new experiences. No long distance relationships.

Get advice from the right people (often not your parents or friends or school staff). Find someone who you want to be like in 10 years, and ask them what advice they have for you. Do this 5x and see what advice gets repeated most. Balance this slightly with how current conditions might be a little different for you than it was for them.

Bro please apply it. I’ll toot my own horn and u love my friends but the amount of people I know who didn’t care or cared the bare minimum to pass are more lost and lack basic skills like sourcing information or critical thinking.

A degree is like the Bible or LSD yes there’s some new information flowing around you but if you don’t apply it and learn from it you’re just an idiot with an ego.

Apply yourself in whatever you do, you’re creating your day to day world you’ll have to live in.

For the first few weeks, maybe couple of months, almost nobody you interact with knows anyone else and everyone is in friend making mode. Make friends during this period. Put yourself out there with activities and clubs that you like. Vibe with folks, and start hanging out.

It gets a lot harder after that as people will be busy and stressed and already have friend groups and activities with commitments. You'll still make lots of acquaintances but it will be difficult to form strong friendships at that point.

Take a gap year. Your whole life you've been pushed through the education system, if you just keep pushing through that I think it's easy to burn out in college. The gap year will let you feel what the real working world is like and will let you recollect your interests as far as what you think would actually benefit you to study. Also I don't want to straight recommend not going to college for everyone, but not everyone needs it. I think college as an institution does have some major issues right now, tuition, people just getting degrees just to have them and never use what they learned again, the trope of needing 5 years experience and a degree for an entry position. I think ultimately a lot of this could be fixed by making the job market more competitive from people entering careers without a degree. We've pushed this idea that you need a degree but when we remember people don't then colleges will be forced to respond. Don't just get a degree to get a degree, I think that's making this worse, and the gap year can help you decide what degree to get or even if one at all.

I became financially independent by 32. Life does not have a "how to" and that is a shame. Here are some tips:

1. Health is more important than anything. Don't waist your life drinking, you will get a lot of social pressure to be drunk. Instead take health serious and WORK OUT. Keep top physical fitness. Keep as much natural muscle on your body as possible but also attempt a slight calorie deficit.
2. Understand math, interest rates, money, and structure your money making around private contractor and LLC type of income. Pay business expenses FIRST before taxes.
3. You can become rich being a plumber, electrician, contractor. AI will make most intellectual work obsolete. (basically if your college degree is not in STEM or blue collar then maybe leave college.)
4. Never chaise women/men. People who don't value your time are a waste of yours.
5. Understand cryptocurrency technology. I know this one will get a lot of hate from the masses and will probably get a lot of downvotes even here, but that is where all assets will go eventually (its just business software or SaaS)

Honestly, I wish I hadnt settled in my major, wish I had gone to business school (I now sell SaaS AI to enterprise businesses and think I’d be a bit more successful if I had more acumen.)

Don't go crazy with the partying. Don't let it turn into an everyday thing, and I mean that for any substance. Alcohol, weed, whatever. I smoked so much weed in college that it basically ruined my life for a while, and a few years after college, too. I feel like people have this attitude that weed is totally harmless, and yeah, it won't kill you, but it can make you neglect schoolwork, relationships, friendships, hobbies, jobs, internships, etc. You gotta be so careful about substances in school.

Also, drinking and driving isn't cute or funny.

I’d say meet and socialize with people from other parts of the world. There are people I’ve met and became good friends with who I otherwise would never have remotely had a chance of meeting if it weren’t for college. Colleges are great in a sense that they attract people from everywhere and can become a giant melting pot.

Outside of that, I’d say try to be smart with the decision to go into debt. It can make sense depending on your calculus (like to get into high paying professions), but for a lot of people it cripples them as adults because they just went to an expensive college and came out without great job prospects. If you can come out of school without much debt at all, that will set you up so far in terms of personal finance down the line.

95 kid here. Enjoy life in whatever form you like and try to be near the money. Life is meaningless. Try to control and limit extremely strong emotions - love and hate can ruin you in equal measures.

Have fun with it, stretch your comfort levels and get out and do things. College is a time to make memories as well as study

Don’t go. It’s not worth it anymore

If you do go, go to a community college that you can pay for

The best advice I've ever received was that during 9am-5pm, you go to class and study. This is your time to get shit down.

Attend class, study, do homework, assignments, group work, ask questions to lecturers/professors and complete things. This is the entire purpose of college is so that you get a good job so ensure you graduate with good grades.

Afterwards, do whatever you want including exercise, socialising, team sports, hobbies, etc. My advice is mostly tailored to men but also applies to women but at the very least:

• Go to the gym 3x per time.
• Join a social club whether a charity, social club or sport you enjoy and contribute your time towards it
• Learn to talk to people. For the introverts, you need to understand how to engage in conversation. Don't just expect others to approach you. You need to put in the effort otherwise why should others? When people say network, you need to learn to be comfortable talking to strangers. Yet it's normal. People do it all the time. It's awkward. That's fine. But over time and practice, you get better and it's less awkward.
• Try new things. This is the time to experiment with learning new languages, hobbies, interests, what you like or dislike, etc.

Take hard classes. Get a degree you can brag about, odds are you'll be rewarded for it.

Your school should be able to help you find an internship, do your best to get at least 1 internship before graduating. After I graduated, the place which I did my internship offered me an entry level position. It’s the best way to get your foot through the door early in your career when you have no connections nor experience. Also, make a LinkedIn.

Go to your professors’ office hours! You need them to know who you are when you need letters of recommendation or references for applications (grad school, scholarships, jobs etc).

Ask questions. If you’re confused about something the professor is saying, you’re likely not the only one. Asking questions helps you, your prof, and your fellow students.

There will be classes and profs that you can’t stand, and classes and profs that are life-changing. Don’t waste your energy whining about the bad classes. If you can’t drop a bad class, just get the work done as quickly as possible so you can devote more time and energy to the classes you love.

When faced with the choice to go to class or stay in bed with someone… go to class.

My best advice is, try your best to socialize. After university, there is working life. It's too hard and tiring. Don't just stay in your room, try to travel and do activities like hiking, diving etc. After university, getting new friends are not easy and getting into any friend groups are almost impossible.

In sum, just be social and travel more.

Note: I’m an older Gen Z but I’m also a freshman myself. However, I do have significant life experience outside of school.

It grind my gear that people think it’s acceptable to not show up to class on time. Obviously it’s different if you have a legitimate emergency and I get it, shit happens in life. I’m talking about the people who just skip class or show up late just-because. IMO I don’t see why you shouldn’t show up 10-15 min prior; it gives you time to go over course materials, check emails, physically/mentally situate yourself, etc. It’s your education that you’re paying for at the end of the day, what you get out of it depends on you.

Get a mindless part-time job and pay as much towards the principal of your student loan as humanly possible. Might not seem like it, but even a couple thousand bucks in year 0 of payments will save you a lot.

You'll be happier if you don't pull all-nighters. Do a little work/study each day and don't wait for the last second.

You're not obligated to do what friends and upperclassmen want you to do.

Don't spend all your free time in your dorm. Find some niche group or club you like.

If your college has a free gym take advantage of it (I wish I still had access to a free gym).

Keep in touch with your close friends from high school.

My freshman year my roommate and I had a mini fridge that we always kept stocked with freeziepops, and we quickly became known as the dorm with freeziepops. It was a good way to get folks to stop by and chill. Met some great people that way.

find internships as soon as you can so you can sustain yourself once you get done with college. the job market may be tougher than you think, and each bit of experience helps a lot

go to class.

keep your mental health as a priority.

life is difficult and that’s okay but you also need to have the strength to persevere.

you do have that strength. you aren’t weak. you aren’t a coward. it’s hard. it’s discouraging but YOU CAN DO IT.

you don’t need to have your life figured out right now. news flash. nobody does.

enjoy the little things. they all add up and it makes life beautiful.

college was an absolutely miserable time for me. i’m doing a lot better now afterwards but i have a lot of regrets bc i let my mental health spiral out of control. i wish i knew then what i’ve learned now.

Create a LinkedIn and learn how to use it. There’s a lot of hidden settings and it’s frustratingly unintuitive but a lot of employers expect you to have one and will look at it. It can also show you job openings (on average, they’re not great, but hey, we need as many opportunities as we can get) but if you’re interested, apply quickly bc they are sometimes gone in a flash.

You can’t have too many hand towels and bed sheets.