What Is Asheville Stressful?
Before I started at UNCA I expected my education to be intimidating, hard, challenging and stressful. I expected myself to be a tiny little fish traveling in a sea of others. To an extent, that is true, but it is not as bad as I was expecting it to be. I didn’t know much about Asheville before I came. I knew that Asheville was a beautiful, populated, tourist city. I only gathered information about Asheville from my co-worker because she was born and raised in Asheville. Her description of Asheville is what made me excited to attend UNCA. When I was informed that I would be taking a Literature class revolved around the history of Asheville, I was so excited. My main goal as a freshman was to learn more about the city and the region. My experiences
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It has been challenging just like I expected it to be. I also believe that I talked myself into being stressed because I expected it to happen. It was surprising because I found to be true that the main reason of stress is procrastination and a negative mind set. I have experienced many joys and triumphs. The triumphs that I have experienced is when I made good grades after a long stressful week, overcoming stressful time periods, and struggling as a college student to make my way through the town of Asheville. Also, I found triumph whenever I overcame large papers that caused me a vast amount of stress. Because of these joys and triumphs, I am stronger than I was a long time ago. These joys and triumphs have been the product of help from my peers and professors by asking questions, having study sessions, and visiting office hours. As a product of my own skill and labor, I have studied on my own, visited the library, answered my own questions, and involved interesting ways to remember challenging material. There were also times where I encountered problems and struggles. I encountered problems such as finding a balance between social life and education. In the beginning of the semester I struggled to stay devoted to my academics because I wanted to do this and do that. I wanted to go out with my friends, go downtown, etc. I also struggled with motivation to complete my work efficiently. I struggled with time management.
It has been challenging just like I expected it to be. I also believe that I talked myself into being stressed because I expected it to happen. It was surprising because I found to be true that the main reason of stress is procrastination and a negative mind set. I have experienced many joys and triumphs. The triumphs that I have experienced is when I made good grades after a long stressful week, overcoming stressful time periods, and struggling as a college student to make my way through the town of Asheville. Also, I found triumph whenever I overcame large papers that caused me a vast amount of stress. Because of these joys and triumphs, I am stronger than I was a long time ago. These joys and triumphs have been the product of help from my peers and professors by asking questions, having study sessions, and visiting office hours. As a product of my own skill and labor, I have studied on my own, visited the library, answered my own questions, and involved interesting ways to remember challenging material. There were also times where I encountered problems and struggles. I encountered problems such as finding a balance between social life and education. In the beginning of the semester I struggled to stay devoted to my academics because I wanted to do this and do that. I wanted to go out with my friends, go downtown, etc. I also struggled with motivation to complete my work efficiently. I struggled with time management.