Once we reach college we become inbetweeners, we are almost there, yet we have to act like we are already there, we start having more and more responsibilities, we want to enjoy what we have left of our freedom and we have to bet the best if we want to get somewhere.

The reason why college is so different for everyone it's because we get more freedom, college is the time were you have the freedom to decide where to go and how to do everything, even when you might find help, the decisions are still going to be yours.

Everyone feels the need to pressure us, to tell us how successful we need to be, how high we need to get, how much we are supposed to enjoy it, everyone that has been through is going to talk about it and tell you how it's supposed to go. 

We have to choose between our social life, school and work, because sometimes you need to work to pay for your bills because college is expensive, but at the same time you want to have the best grades and stand out for the right reasons, yet you want to go out and have a social life, enjoy those friends that you are supposed to last a lifetime, you want to live college as you saw it on movies. 

The reality is other, you have to find a way to balance everything is your life and still have free time to go out and sleep enough hours to not pass out. That's why we are inbetweeners, because you have to act your age and enjoy your newly discovered freedom, but you also have to be mature, take responsibilities, stand out and be the best. 

Being a student is not easy from any perspective, you get a new view from what they call the "real world", but you are still learning from everything, you are not quite ready yet for that and you just want to enjoy what life has out there for you.

So, yeah, we might not knew what we want, we might make people think that we think that life is still "too easy", but we are struggling, we are trying to find out what we want, we are still failing and that's okay, because no matter what other say, you are not there yet and you can enjoy what we have left, make mistakes, gain experience, have fun and balance everything in your life. 

Enjoy the time you have left, balance everything in your life and remember, as an inbetweener you have permission to fail.

Mayte.