College is a time of chosen learning; you go after the degree and qualifications that you have been studying for years on end, and the matters and topics are specifically relevant to your career path. But what about all of those things you learned outside of the classroom? Have you ever taken a moment to look back and see how far you have developed on a personal level? College certainly helps us develop life skills you may not realize you had until you read this article.
Improved project-management skills
You will no doubt be up to your ears in projects throughout each semester right up until you leave college, but a good part about this is it teaches you so many skills that can be applied to your life later on down the road. Whether you attend lectures online or in the classroom, you will repeat similar processes and work out a solid plan of action for your projects, learning the best way to go and things to avoid through trial and error. So think of every project as a way of honing your craft for future job positions too.
Learn how to handle different types of people
You can learn something from everybody as long as you stay open-minded and willing, in college we get to meet people from every walk of life and of different ages; each with a different personality or story to tell. Such people will also teach you a lot about yourself and how to handle awkward personalities to make your life easier. In college, you also learn that not everybody will see things the same way as you.
Self discovery
High school has a lot less freedom to study how or what you want and is very linear; college is a completely different ballgame where you are left to your own devices often. This is why you see students switching courses or majors halfway through because they discover new things. When it comes to studying, you will learn new likes and dislikes that you have and how to work under pressure, see this as character building and don’t get stressy!
Critical thinking
The choices are all down to you now; you’re an adult (almost)! With choices comes responsibility and the understanding that comes with such territory, not every choice you make will be easy nor will they all make sense at the time. You will learn how to develop your critical thinking in college without even realizing it.
Enjoy your time as a newbie adult when it’s more acceptable to make mistakes, that is how everybody before you learned too. Soon your team building skills, strategic planning, proactive mind and everything else will be so much stronger than when you first started college. If you feel out of your comfort zone, remember that you are doing something right, as if you are too comfortable you won’t ever get to truly test yourself throughout your learning career.
