{"id":2701,"date":"2014-09-18t09:00:28","date_gmt":"2014-09-18t09:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/sat\/?p=2701"},"modified":"2015-04-14t20:58:46","modified_gmt":"2015-04-14t20:58:46","slug":"what-i-wish-i-knew-in-high-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/gen\/what-i-wish-i-knew-in-high-school\/","title":{"rendered":"what i wish i knew in high school"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>i don\u2019t know about you, but high school felt like forever to me. i couldn\u2019t wait for the day i\u2019d graduate, and each 10-week semester seemed to loom on for ages. <\/p>\n<p>but looking back, i realize now that my \u201ccan\u2019t wait to get out of here\u201d attitude actually robbed me of the moments i should have cherished back then. i only got to be the 14-18 year-old me once, and i really should have made the most of it. <\/p>\n<p>so today, i thought i\u2019d share some of those woulda-shoulda-coulda moments with you. for any high schoolers out there who\u2019re like me, counting the days down until you\u2019re free of those high school halls, you really do have a lot of be grateful for!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<strong>1. you\u2019ll never have this much free time&#8230;ever again.<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>you probably don\u2019t believe me when i write this because you feel very busy&#8211;you\u2019ve got homework, club meetings, a part-time job, sports practice, volunteer hours, and you need time to eat and sleep too! but trust me on this&#8211;life only gets busier. in college, you\u2019ll have a much heavier workload and more life to manage without your parents around as much. when you get a little bit older, you\u2019ll have a full-time job and your fair share of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/ashleyperez\/signs-you-might-possibly-be-an-adult#16yol9l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">grown-up problems<\/a> to juggle in the mix. then add in a spouse down the road, and maybe some kids or a promotion at work, and your free time slice just gets smaller and smaller. so instead of complaining about how much time you don\u2019t have right now, take time to appreciate the breaks that you do get to have. i mean, you have entire summer and winter vacations all to yourself! <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>2. your counselor could be your new bff. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>my family immigrated to the u.s. when i was about 12 years old, so none of us had a clue about the u.s. college application system. without my college counselor, i would have been lost through the entire process. in my freshman year, she sat me down and planned out my classes for every year of high school. during my junior year, she planned out a test prep workshop for some of her students and informed us of which tests we\u2019d need to take and when. and in my senior when i got my acceptance letters, she helped me make one of the most important decisions of my life&#8211;and one that i\u2019ve never regretted&#8211;to go to uc berkeley. so if you haven\u2019t already done this, i definitely recommend taking the time to build a relationship with your counselor at school&#8211;you\u2019d be surprised how much insight and support they can offer you if you\u2019d only listen. (shout out to ms. kaye woot woot!) <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>3. you don\u2019t have to be bored. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>there are so many opportunities for you to take advantage of in high school so that unlike me, you won\u2019t be forced to watch reruns of america\u2019s next top model to pass the time (if that\u2019s you, stop it. stop it right now!) i mean, did you know that you could <a href=\"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/gen\/should-you-study-abroad-take-the-quiz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">study abroad while you\u2019re in high school<\/a>? yeah, you read that right&#8211;you can visit another country right now and have a life-changing experience under your belt even before you get to college. and that\u2019s just a start! you could make a difference in your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu\/welcome\/features\/2013-2014\/05\/20140515_family-program.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">community<\/a>, begin your own <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/07\/03\/technology\/palo-alto-high-club-fosters-would-be-tech-moguls.html?pagewanted=all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">startup<\/a> company or even fight to end <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/specials\/2007\/cnn.heroes\/interactive\/gallery.heroes\/frameset.6.exclude.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">slavery<\/a>. it just takes you being proactive and grabbing the right resources, and you just might find a gem of an opportunity right under your nose! and you\u2019ll never have to utter the words \u201ci\u2019m bored\u201d ever again.  <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>4. it\u2019s only 1 phase&#8211;out of the many phases&#8211;of life. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>while you\u2019re in it, this phase of life can seem like the greatest reality&#8211;like it\u2019s all there is to life. but this, too, shall pass. whatever mistakes you might make, or whatever you might feel limited by, it won\u2019t last forever. with a little perspective shift&#8211;and probably as you get older&#8211;you\u2019ll be able to see that this is just one part of life that ends and changes, just like every other phase of life. so treat it as just that&#8211;one stage of life that you are in for the moment, but that very soon will become just a memory.<\/p>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>takeaway<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>it\u2019s really all about your perspective! remember that there is a lot available to you while you\u2019re in high school and be sure to make the most of it (instead of complaining). then one day in the future, when you look back at your high school days, you\u2019ll be able to see them with the fondness&#8211;and not regret&#8211;that they deserve.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>i don\u2019t know about you, but high school felt like forever to me. i couldn\u2019t wait for the day i\u2019d graduate, and each 10-week semester seemed to loom on for ages. but looking back, 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