Yes, I got a C on my exam.

If you know me, you will know that school and receiving the top grades are important to me. And when I say, important I mean like sometimes life or death. I am trying to change and I am much better. In high school, I would cry over exams. I did a little bit in my freshman year, but I have learned that a C on a exam doesn't mean the end.

I got a C on this easy Health Psychology exam that I didn't study for. Stupid. I think I am just mad at myself more than anything else. I thought I could get away without studying but apparently I can't. So, instead of being upset, I have a new solution. I will realize that I need to study and actually read the textbook. I used to be really good in school and read all the chapters. If I can get by with the minimum and not do that much work then I will do that. I used to be the exact opposite. I think I am shifting my priorities to socializing. Since I am in this new environment, I want to get to know new people. I think that the relationships are important in college and I want to develop them with my roommates, neighbors, ward members, class members. I don't want to be a study nerd who doesn't have a life.

If any of you are not in college, I will inform of you the struggle that all college students deal with. Do we focus on our social life, academic life, work life, religious, love life? There are so many parts in our life and that hardest part in college is balance. You want to date and get to know the opposite sex, but you need to be studious and responsible by holding a job and working on Friday nights. You want to be active in your ward and go to activities, but you have exams, lectures, group meetings and projects that fill up your time.

So this is my new challange. Instead of focusing on friends, I will focus on having balance in my life. What a thought!

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