Alex Plum Teaches You How to Survive College Part 2

Here is the second installation of the Alex Plum Teaches You How to Survive College. Without much delay, let us dive into the article

6. Missing home?

Are you missing your family ? Perhaps you are missing your friends from back where you came from? Just skype with em, and make it a weekly thing which you can set a certain time where you can chat relatively face to face with everyone you love and cherish. Alternatively, you could also set up a routine you could do by yourself (or with your new friends in college) where you go do something which you commonly did back home. Routines help you focus your mind and not think too much about the people back home you love.

7. Study to learn, love what you learn

I might be young, but I am certainly not inexperienced. I have taken many intern jobs post pre-university years and I have resorted to the process of elimination to find my passion. In school I used to often wake up groggy, cursing the school day that appeared before me. I like many of my kind feel school to be chipping away at my precious time, the only way to remedy this is to find something you truly love learning, and learn to do it well. That it is, the secret to happiness and success; doing what you love.

8. Only assholes party away their parents money

Do i seriously need to tell you this? Do I really have to tell you not to get pissdrunk and drain away at your parents hard earned cash. Colleges are freaking huge investments, even to afford paying the tuition fees many families make huge sacrifices in personal time and pleasure to make sure they can send their offspring to tertiary level education in the hopes that their children will have a better life. All I'm saying is; be frugal and save where you can save. You don't have to live like a pauper but set a financial goal and keep track of your spending ( There are tons of such apps on Google Play/ Apple Store). All that money you helped save may come in handy on a rainy day.

9. Have fun, you are still young but balance is key

With that said, by all means go out once in a while. Have fun and live free after all college is a time where you learn about life. Rather than being a rancorous person, enjoy yourself at the appropriate times and make friendships that last. Yes, it is a big, bad world out there but with family and friends we will persevere and make it all work. While corporate jobs and desk careers may await you in the near future, know that you should work hard and play harder to keep a level head. It may sound contradicting to my earlier points but balance in college is something that has to be worked out individually.



College is a chapter in our lives where we supposedly learn to transition into working society. This is Alex Plum, praying that you guys out there may blossom into wonderful adults but still hold firm to your inner child. Until then, remember to eat three square meals a day and cut down on your red meat :).