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For the last few years, being at Uni, I have had a lot of stress that I’ve had to learn how to manage, and it hasn’t been easy to say the least. For all of Sophomore and Junior year, the fear of college was always on my mind. This only added more stress to the academic and social stress that I was already dealing with. Honestly, I never handled it very well, and I would feel anxious a lot of the time. But a couple months ago, I was on Youtube at like 2 a.m, scrolling through and watching random videos. I clicked on a video that changed how I viewed life. It was this guy giving a speech, and the first thing he said was “YOU’RE ONLY 17!”. This immediately caught my attention because I had just turned 17. He then went on to say how at 17 you don’t need to have the rest of your life figured out, and that it’s okay to make mistakes. This really resonated with me because I had really been trying to get good grades, and stressing myself out so much in the process. He then continued to say, “y