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Senin, 27 Januari 2014

Adventurers Guide To College: Social Media Distractions 101

By Hedrick Lepsch


Especially during the holiday season when it starts to get cold outside and all you want to do is curl up in a ball with a book and your cat in front of the fireplace, it is easy to get homesick. It can be difficult to overcome when your home and family are far away and you do not get to see them that often. Here are a few ways that can help you overcome your homesickness.

As you begin your college career, you want to make sure and protect the friendship you've had. It's pretty incredible to see how much can drive you crazy about a person when you live with them. These are things that never came out before because you were only together a few hours a day, rather than all day and all night. You don't want to have your friendship ruined because you get annoyed with each other's habits and start arguing all the time. College is a big enough change for you, and you need to maintain that great relationship you've had with your best friend.

You may not want to completely rid yourself of the outside world of social media so perhaps the first thing you could do is turn off your notifications on your phone. Every chime, noise, or signal can leave you losing your train of thought. Plan times when you can check your phone and stick to them. Keep yourself on a strict schedule.

Since you have established strong bonds with your best friend over the years, the potential pitfalls of living together as college roommates could definitely be avoided. It could actually help you learn even more about each other and strengthen your relationship. Also, having a strong and proven support person alongside you as you embark on college life can have many benefits.

You may want to rationalize how this can affect you but the bottom line is that your studies are more important than looking at what your friend had for lunch on Facebook. Turn off your phone completely, not just vibrate, and plan to turn it back on at the end of your class or when you are done studying.

Getting involved in the community and making new friends can be easier said than done. If you are having trouble doing that or just find extra time on your hands, find a hobby to distract yourself.

For example, you might be interested in business administration, accounting or property management, while your best friend is interested in event planning, new media marketing, or programming. Focus on your future first, rather than the comfort zone of always being with your best friend.

It doesn't matter if you are studying Business Administration, Accounting, Property Management, Event Planning, New Media Marketing, or Programming; we are all eventually susceptible to the pangs of home sickness. Everyone deals with it in different ways but what is important to remember is that it is possible to overcome. Once you are able to find your place in your new surroundings, you will not have the same feeling of home sickness you had before.




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