College Life by Bella DeFranco

   Above photo:  1,020 × 948 Your Go To College Packing Advice By: Bella DeFranco If you're like me then you overthink packing. Packing is a love hate relationship for some, some oddly adoring it and some dreading it. But, collecting all your belongings for college is an extra strange surge of emotions. We'll address what to expect with those emotions as well as the must needs for your introduction to college living.  First and foremost is your clothes . I'm a clothes lover so I attempted to pack my entire closet into just a shoebox of a dorm room. I truly do not recommend that. Pack what you wear most and based according to seasons. Prepare for your college areas seasons, I know mine are typically on the warmer side but I still include a good amount of cooler options.  Trust yourself, because you know best on your routine of what clothes you wear. And also including how often you wear them. Above image:  1,200 × 800   As we move on to the essentials of your dorm room, I re

Above:  the-truth-about-the-first-day-of-college   The First Steps By: Bella DeFranco You get dropped off by your parents or loved ones on your university campus. You feel scared yet excited for what is to come. You've been physically and mentally preparing all summer for this moment of your life. Every college student has started, continued, and finished the specific journey of "leaving the nest". I'm here to help you navigate through such new beginnings... because they're a lot of them. Leaving for college is an event that seems so drastic, everyone talks about it. Your parents typically are holding tissues as they leave you in your dorm room, in a different city, however many miles away. I am a second year in college now, and my parents still do the same thing as when I moved into my apartment.  Homesickness is real, and has an impact sometimes hard to be able to detect. Above: 1,000 × 667   anxiety-disorders-and-anxiety-attacks However, all these changes at o