Priority

Another major aspect to succeeding in college is the ability to have proper listing of priorities.  If a student in college is not focused his class or studies then he or she will not excel.  One of my personal experiences is when I go to the gym every day I come across other ECCC students and hear what their plans for the week or day are.  Almost always I hear the fellow students talk about doing nothing but partying, dating, hunting, or just hanging out with other friends while just brushing off homework and studying till the last minute or studying just enough to barely past the test.  While I do agree that occasionally young people do need a break from constant schooling and studying, luxuries need to be held off when the timing is appropriate.  The focus is not on the future, it is merely on what makes someone feel good at the time and don’t know the balance.  A person that goes off to constantly party, hangout, or engage in other luxuries does not have their priority on his or her future, and not on what is important for his or her future.  College is not a time to goof off, party hardy, or to just have fun.  Your studies should be the number one priority if you hope to have a secured future.  You need to look at your daily activities and honestly ask yourself, “Are my priorities focused on securing my future and success in college or is it on what “feels” good now?”  I implore everyone who reads this and the others to come to seriously take a hard look at your life now and see if you can see your life headed in the right direction.  Ten years from now you don’t want to look back on your life and say, “I should have had my head on straight and had my priorities focused on what was important.”