What College has Taught Me

Before starting college I already thought of myself as an "independent" person, but moving from home to go to college really amplifies independence. I realized I took a lot of things for granted before I lived alone, but college really put a lot of that into perspective. College has taught me independence through maintaining schoolwork, as well as physical and mental health, so I can function semi normally.

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