How to make collegiate life suck less.

Nutrition:Dont skip out on a solid breakfast every morning. This made a huge difference for me. Low blood sugar is the anti-performance enhancing substance. Go for 20g of protein.

Try to eat a green vegetable with all three meals everyday. (Whole avocados in the morning are awesome.)

(http://www.lifehack.org/295682/5-unexpected-benefits-eating-large-breakfast)

Sleep:Get more of it. Seriously. Sleep deprivation wrecks everything inside of your body and spirit. It is performance theft.

If you have an opportunity to travel somewhere new, DO IT. Physical possessions grow dust. Memories are for a lifetime.

Career: - GO to your professor’s office hours and pick their brains. You

have to pay an ungodly amount in tuition, might as well gain insights into life/business/human relations/anything.

- Get as many letters of recommendations as possible. I got eight overall and it gave me a huge leg up. They don’t get your foot in the door, they kick it wide open.

More Career:- Ditch the classic “30-second elevator speech”. They sound

contrived and bland and make us sound like a character from a bad movie in 1997.

- Instead have a 15-second storyboard geared toward your purpose and that comes off like a normal conversation. (Good) employers don’t want a robot. Don’t be afraid to be your authentic yourself.

Social Circle:“The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.” - Epictetus

Mental Health- If your campus has a free or low-cost mental health center,

go sit down with a counselor, at least once or twice. I cannot stress this enough. Good mental health = good personal ROI.

- Physical activity

- Meditate

- (Rinse and Repeat)

Finally…Take a deep breath… it will all be fine. Throughout my collegiate experience, I suffered bouts of self-doubt and despair. I changed majors 7 times (yes, seven). I could not imagine a better life now and love my career, friends, family, and Higher Power more than words can describe.