Three short years have passed and here I am, a Senior, contemplating what I’m supposed to have learned in college. Let me tell you: I’ve learned a lot about not very much, and very little about a lot.

The only advice I have is that you should develop your own advice over the next four years and only look to others as examples of what can be done. It might ultimately sound a lot like “lower your expectations early,” or “try every club at least once,” or “don’t become involved in student political organizations” or “do become involved in student political organizations.” Either way, your advice will likely work for you and not for many other people, and vice versa.

Being with and around friends who share my interests is important. More important than I once thought.

Take, for example, the stuff I’ve learned that works for me. It probably won’t make your college experience transcendent and electrifying, but’s it’s done me an awful lot of good.

I rise with the sun, or else my whole day is shot, and quickly.

Hanging out with friends while doing homework is much less fun than having finished work first.

Being with and around friends who share my interests is important. More important than I once thought.

The only way to guarantee I’ll practice an important life skill (like writing) is to get paid to do it and to work to deadlines.

Finally, I try to spend more time outside than on my phone, and when I use my phone, I stand. Standing dramatically cuts down on the time I want to be web browsing, Instagram scrolling, or game playing.

But this doesn’t have to be you. You’re in college. You’ve got time to discover methods and philosophies that work for you. Take the advice of others with a spoonful of levity, and figure yourself out. Try to be kind and generous. Don’t be a dick. What more could anybody ask of you?