Written by Francisco M.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I love the idea of broadening my horizons and learning about different cultures. I\u2019d love to gain a perspective on how different cultures respond to different social aspects.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Have I ever been in heaps of trouble? At this point in someone\u2019s life, who hasn\u2019t? My teacher told me that our obstacles and challenges are what makes us grow, gives us our grit. I\u2019m trying to think of one instance that proved to be heaps of trouble. My anxiety. It\u2019s not one specific event, but more like a lifetime of dealing with it. My anxiety has given me panic attacks and has proved to be something I struggle with. Through dealing with my anxiety, though, I\u2019ve learned of coping skills to ease my troubles.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I think looking at old things through a new lens is important in bringing life back to them. Also just reflecting on past experiences to see how you\u2019ve grown is useful in bringing perspective.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One of the most important pieces of advice I have for any incoming freshman is to get involved<\/strong>. I know that everyone says that, but they do it for a reason. There are so many clubs and activities you can participate in, and it\u2019s fairly easy to join them. I know, personally, the thing that held me back from a lot of those activities was fear; I was afraid of going to a meeting and feeling like an outcast, so I just didn\u2019t try for the most part. The thing is, a lot of people join clubs to make friends and socialize, so you\u2019re definitely not alone. And, you don\u2019t have to be afraid to hide who you are, don\u2019t be afraid to be a little weird and show them your meme collection (just don\u2019t act downright crazy). To use an example, let\u2019s use me. I was too scared to join a lot of clubs because I was nervous, but when I found out about marching band, I pushed myself to join, and I\u2019m glad I joined. I\u2019ve made a lot of new friends through band, friends I wouldn\u2019t have made if I didn\u2019t join. If I didn\u2019t join marching band, I\u2019d be one of those students that goes straight from class to class, and then go home when I\u2019m done with class. I probably would\u2019ve resented myself for not putting myself out there. Thank goodness we don\u2019t live in that universe. So, yea, get involved, you\u2019ll thank yourself for doing so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Written by Francisco M. I love the idea of broadening my horizons and learning about different cultures. I\u2019d love to gain a perspective on how different cultures respond to different social aspects.\u00a0 Have I ever been in heaps of trouble? At this point in someone\u2019s life, who hasn\u2019t? My teacher told me that our obstacles […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-letter-to-future-scholars","category-wisdom-wednesdays"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/compactscholars.sdsu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/compactscholars.sdsu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/compactscholars.sdsu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/compactscholars.sdsu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/compactscholars.sdsu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=584"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/compactscholars.sdsu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":585,"href":"https:\/\/compactscholars.sdsu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584\/revisions\/585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/compactscholars.sdsu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/compactscholars.sdsu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/compactscholars.sdsu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}