"Success is on the other side of your comfort zone"

Although this might not be what someone looks at as “stepping out of you comfort zone,” for me I just wasn’t used to it. I think college in general is a big step away from something you’re used to for something new just because you got used to going to high school every day, relying on your parents, and just being able to see your best friends every day. Now, in college it’s a whole new ball game. You’re responsible for you, making sure to get all your work done on time, cleaning up after yourself in your dorm room, and just going to class in general. And now that I’m finally getting completely adjusted to being away from home I realized I started doing other things that I’m just not used too. When I was in high school, I could simply careless about homework. I didn’t see there to be any point because half of my teachers didn’t even look at it, I saw it as a complete waste of time. Well as senior year was flying by, so was I. I never did my homework, and the only reason I passed quizzes and tests was because I knew I had to really pay attention in class the day before. But other than that, I didn’t even put in any actual effort. That Kayla is gone. I would do homework when college first started but I would always procrastinate and put it off until the last minute. I now finally started doing my homework the exact day I got it, and I also started looking at the syllabus more and more and getting work that’s due next week done as well. I realized that being more responsible has really helped me, it relieved a lot of stress. Now when I’m home working on the weekends I don’t have to worry about where I’m going to fit in time to do my blog for INQ or any other classes I have homework for. Stepping outside of what I’m used to and actually doing my work in advance seems to have really helped myself as well because I’m seeing my grades improve. So I’m actually pretty glad that I pushed myself to start getting work done earlier and I plan on keeping that going the rest my time here at Southern.