I finally finished my last paper last week. It has been a monotonous past few weeks for me; just being busy with studies. Now I’m just waiting for my results to determine if I would g raduate this semester. i have been pursuing this accountancy degree( ACCA ) for the past three and a half years and hopefully I could graduate soon.
I realise that finishing my exams would mean that I’m ending a phase in my life. My studying life currently ends and it begins a new chapter in my life. My past few years in college had been great for me in terms of how much I have grown and the things for which I am grateful I have learn’t. This are the ten things which I have learn’t from my college life.
(1) You have got to study
It might seem very obvious to any students, but many college students do not actually study. Probably not that they do not study, but do not study enough. It’s sad to say that many actually believe that college life should be a time where you should really enjoy and just neglect our studies. For many, it’s only after they have suffer in grades that do they really change. At times, it’s these changes that takes a lot of time.
I always believe that college life shouldn’t be spent jollying around and just enjoying. It is during this years that most of what we learn will be used to apply in our lives. I truly believe that the best time to enjoy your youth is during your high school days bacuase of the unimportance of high school. High school just prepares the foundation for your success in college/university. You just had to make sure that you can read well and that your grades are reasonably well. Other than that, there is no reason for you to study your heads off during your time in high school.
I always had this thinking since 
high school and it was such that I treated my studying in college with a lot of dedication. Always remember that whatever hard work you put in during your college years would be worth much more than the hard work you put in high school. If you’re still in college, always make studying a priority. It might seem like it’s common sense but if you were to look at the schedule and what many college students are doing, you have to really question if studying is their number one priority.
(2) Prioritise
Studies should be a priority for any college student. However, we should also be aware that we should also balance with other things in our life. We all have other different things which we have to spend time on too, be it our family, friends, health and other pursuits which we enjoy.
I have learn’t through the years that whatever we focus on improves. If we focus on studying, our grades undoubtedly improves. If we focus upon having a vibrant social life, our social life would improve. If we focus on other pursuits, that would definetely improve as well. However, focusing on something often results in other areas of our life stagnating or getting worse. Therefore, we have to prioritise what are important to us to make the best use of our time. It’s basically a question of asking ourselves, “What is important to me ?”
During my time in college, my priorities were as such, in this order: Studies, Fitness, Gaining more knowledge. Most of my time is spent on improving on this three areas. To some extent, I even neglected my social life to improve on this three areas as for me, this areas are much more important than gaining a wide network of friends. I still make friends, just that I do not spend that much of my time on this pursuits. My fitness is something which I struggle to maintain in the past few years. It has been partly due to the fact that I didn’t want to commit to just being fit at the expense of not having enough time to study for my papers. Gaining knowledge through reading and meeting different people has been a priority too because of the realisation that what I am currently studying would be insufficient for me to succeed in the working world. Read the rest of this entry »
