To future littles:

         When going to college, remember not to over commit yourself. It's hard to balance a heavy course load with a lot of other activities. Decide what is important to you, and devote time to that. With that being said, however, allow yourself to take opportunities that arise. Allow yourself to explore new things and find out what you really enjoy. Let yourself develop into who you want to be.

          Don't let your parents have too much control over your life. You are in college. You are an adult. You need to make decisions for yourself. While at times you should take your parents' opinions into consideration, you need to make your own decisions. If they want you to major in one thing but you want to major in something else, you need to make that decision. It is your life. In the end, you have to live with the choices you make, so make sure they're yours and not your parents'. 

          Talk everything out with your roommate in the beginning. Ask all of the awkward questions within the first week. It helps you avoid awkward situations later on. Discuss everything from how you feel about music playing in your room to what your sleeping schedule is like to how you feel about having boys in your dorm. Some conversations are a little uncomfortable, but it's better to get them out of the way in the beginning so you won't have misunderstandings in the future.

          Allow yourself to meet people, even if you're an introvert. It's a lot nicer to have a lot of people you're friendly with. Also, give people a chance. Even if they remind you of people you know from high school that you don't like, give them a chance. They may surprise you. Also remember that everyone has reasons for the way that they act, and keep that in mind before you judge people. 

          Time management has always been something that has come naturally to me. While I am a procrastinator, I've never had any huge issues when it comes to getting my work done in a timely manner. That being said, before I came to college I realized that I was going to need to pay more attention to my scheduling. I knew I needed to put forth an effort to not procrastinate.

          A lot of my procrastination stems from me not wanting to do work that is assigned to me. In high school, I never had issues reading the books for English, because I love to read. I had huge issues when it came to willing myself to do my math homework or to write whatever paper was assigned. I can be a very stubborn person, and when I didn't want to do my work, I had a hard time forcing myself to do it. 

          So far in college, I have not really procrastinated at all. I've been doing my work in advance, and I haven't had any worries or stressful situations so far. I know that I don't enjoy devoting time to school work. I'm terrible about forcing myself to study. I would much rather read or watch Netflix or eat food with my friends. What I've been doing so far is I schedule certain days every week to do my homework. I make sure those days have enough time to get all of my work done, and on the days I haven't scheduled work, I get to relax and do whatever I would like. Usually I take naps on those days. This system has been working beautifully for me so far. I know that as I continue in school, I'm going to be assigned more work and more time consuming work, so I may have to alter my system in the future. Right now, however, I am quite content with only devoting 3-4 days a week to homework. On homework days, it's a lot easier to make myself do my work when I know that the next day I can relax and not worry about schoolwork. 

I realize that this system may not be manageable as I continue in my collegiate studies, but it's working very well for me currently.