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So far, this semester at BYU has been pretty great. I really love it here, and it's been an amazing opportunity for me to grow and learn and really find myself in a way. It didn't start out so great though. When I first got here back in September, I did not like it one bit. I didn't have any friends and I was miserable all the time. But then a few weeks later while I was walking to class, I realized something: it's my own fault I was having a bad time. I'd blamed my unhappiness on anything and everything other than myself (which was totally stupid). That day I finally figured out that I could have a good time here, even without any friends. If I kept a good attitude about life, everything was so much easier to deal with when it went wrong. Now, months later, I still don't have many friends, and things still go wrong. I still have bad days. But I'm okay with all of that. Yes, some days are just bad overall, but there is still some good that happens during the day. And those little good things are what help keep me going.
Throughout the rest of the semester I'm really going to try hard to keep a good attitude. It will be harder because I often struggle to see the bright side of things in the winter when I'm missing sunlight and I feel frozen. I know I can do it though. It'll just take a little extra effort to see the good things about each day.
I also want to procrastinate less. Assignments are so much easier and much less stressful when I don't put them off until the last second, which I tend to do with almost everything. If I can get better at doing things earlier, I think that will help me keep a better attitude because I won't be so overly stressed all of the time.
So overall, BYU is an amazing place. There's nowhere else quite like it and I love it. I know I'll grow a lot here and I'll learn tons. And the experience will be so much better if I keep trying to live life happy :)
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