On a campus full of bows, bubble skirts and sambas I'm reminded that the best thing you can be is yourself. As I walked around, I noticed the majority of the young ladies incorporated one of the aforementioned items into their first day fits. I don’t even want to get into the surplus of white tees the guys had on (Partially, because it really does look good lol). Now I would like to preface this by saying this post really has nothing to do with what y’all chose to wear back to school. I could care less, how you choose to express yourself is your business. This post is more about how easy it is to subconsciously put yourself into a box without realizing it and how hard it is to really maintain your personal identity in college.

With back-to-school season in full effect and me heading into my senior year of college (omg??) I knew I wanted to talk about going back to school. I have learned so much about myself in every level of education I was at and there are so many things I wish I would’ve known before I went through those experiences. Of course, we know all the basic school supplies you will need like laptops, notebooks, calculators etc, but I feel like we don’t talk about the internal things you are going to need to take with you to be successful at whatever level of schooling you are at. Today, I want to talk about 3 internal things you are going to need to take with you to show up as your best self this upcoming school year, or really in life, in no particular order.