The point of visualization isn’t to predict the future or to restrict your freedom to decide later. Real life will of course turn out differently than you visualize. Debug your visualization until it inspires you. If you can’t get a clear visualization, your experience is likely to be just as fuzzy. Visualization allows you to make mistakes in advance. I became a co-creator of my experience instead of a passive victim of it. Whenever I encountered obstacles, my ideal vision was so much more compelling that I was always able to find a way to get what I wanted. I didn’t understand the mechanism at the time, but I was pre-programming myself to succeed. Most of all I imagined a very balanced experience - a blend of academics, activities, socialization, and fun.
I saw myself being challenged but managing it easily and without stress. Describe it in as much detail as you can.īefore I returned to school, I spent hours visualizing the kind of experience I wanted to have. Whether you’ve already started college or not, stop and simply write down some attributes of your ideal experience. Let it flow outward from the reason you’re there. Once you know why you’re going to college, imagine your ideal outcome. What is it about your experience that resonates as true for you? What are you there to learn? What do you want to experience? 2. What are they? Why are you there? If you don’t know - and I mean really know it in your gut - then you have no focal point for your experience. Your goals for college will likely be different than mine.
For me that meant a really dense schedule. I wanted to create the richest experience I could. I knew I was capable of a lot more, and I wanted to push myself. I wanted to be a programmer, and I wanted to earn my Computer Science degree (I later added the Math degree). A year later I was ready to go back to college, and I started over as a freshman. Finally in an attempt to re-ground myself, I got a retail sales job and tried to stay under the radar while taking some time to “find myself.” That was the time I began developing an interest in personal development, and boy did it pay off. I was in a funk for about six months, mostly just playing video games. That experience sent me into a bit of a tailspin. Apparently some administrator was biased against students whose GPA starts with a decimal point, so I was soon expelled. I blew off my classes and got an education in parties and alcohol. Consequently, I sabotaged myself in a big way. It seemed like a good idea at the time, but my heart just wasn’t in it. That momentum carried me forward, and without really ever deciding if it was what I wanted, I found myself with four more years of school ahead of me. In high school I was a straight-A honors student, President of the math club, and captain of the Academic Decathlon team. I had previously gone to college when I wasn’t in the right frame of mind to be there. Is this you as well?Īs I’ve stated previously on this blog, the three-semester deal wasn’t my first time at college. They inherit goals from family and peers which aren’t truly their own. Many college students really don’t have a clear reason for being there other than the fact that they don’t know what else to do yet.
Answer the question, “Why am I going to college?” Here are 10 tips to help you create a productive and memorable college experience… and most of all, to deeply enjoy this time in your life. After writing the time management article Do It Now, which was based on my experience of graduating college in three semesters with two degrees, I received many follow-up questions from students asking for more advice.
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