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The three things I stress most about:

1) Money.
2) School.
3) The future.

- I don't have a job (yet) and my dad supplies me with money on my debit card. It's sort of like an allowance. It's hard not to spend money especially if you can just simply slide your card in a machine and get anything you want. I feel really bad spending that money though, don't get me wrong. But I will tell you, when I have money... I WILL spend it. I have an addiction. It doesn't help that all of my friends go shopping like twice a week; I have to join them, obviously! I try not to spend a bunch of money on things I don't need. Recently, I over-drafted on my card and my dad told me to stop shopping. I've gone two weeks now without shopping and to be honest, I actually learned the value of a dollar. It's really hard to budget! But it makes me feel a lot better trying to save money rather than blowing it on clothes I don't even need.

- College was a huge wake up call for me. I took my first semester as a joke and now this semester, I am constantly doing homework and studying just fix my grades from the first semester. I didn't realize that college was really important and strict; I was just worried about meeting new friends, partying, and having fun. I realize now that that is the least of my worries. It's really hard to raise your grades! College is definitely not like high school... If I were to give any high school underclassman one advice for college, it would be: DO NOT SLACK OFF. NEVER EVER.

- The future scares me. It doesn't help that I am such a "last minute girl" I always always always do things at the last minute and I never plan anything (one of my biggest flaws). My dad is constantly on my tail about things and that I have to think/plan ahead about the future. I struggle a lot with doing that.