Martinez- Introduction

 This has been my first week of college and it's been the first time I have been on my own, so it has given me the opportunity to learn things about myself that I did not know before. I have met so many interesting people in the short time that I have been here and from these people I have learned about many different subjects and fields of study that I find myself interested in. Coming here, I have met a variety of different people with a many different backgrounds and many different opinions and experiences. I love meeting new people and learning where they come from because I think it is important to be able to reach out to people who come from different places because in the future I will be having to work will all sorts of people. 
Probably the biggest dose of reality I have been hit with thus far is the reality that everything costs money. I find myself budgeting myself and keeping track of how much I spend because being a college student, I only have so much money available to spend. I have realized the importance of separating the things I really need versus the things I really want because I have to be smart about what I spend my money on, as any college student should.
Even though, I have more time in between classes than I did in high school that does not mean college is easier or less stressful. Time management is a skill that I have realized to be crucial in order to be successful in college. Every moment of free time between classes is an opportunity to get a head start on homework that way there is not all this homework that has to be done the night before it is due.
In high school and throughout middle school I was never a breakfast eater. Every morning I would wake up and brush my teeth and then get in the car to go to school and I would never eat any breakfast because I was always too lazy. Now, that has completely changed ever since I got here. I have gotten up to get breakfast every morning because if not I find myself feeling low on energy which affects my ability to pay attention in class and my ability to finish my homework quickly. Even though there is a lot of time during the day that I am not in class, I have found that eating breakfast is an essential part of each day in order to do well in school.