It wasn’t until I began to see how much of my insecurity was rooted not in incapability but in the false negative narrative I was repeating to myself that I could thrive as a young professional.

Even when it seemed like all hope was lost for Lindsey Vonn, she affirmed in her post that the act of standing at the gate, starting her run and competing was victory enough. So chase your dreams, work hard and most importantly, don’t let small hurdles stop you from taking risks and excelling. Life is hard sometimes, but the courage to stand at that starting gate is all it takes to start your next adventure.

Everyone has a moment in time, even if brief, where they struggle spiritually. The best any of us can do is to mend our relationship with God with the least amount of regrets, even when it’s hard to understand what His plans are for us. I know one of the few regrets I will have leaving college is that I didn’t find my spiritual happiness (again) with him sooner.

We all start the year with good intentions, but by mid-February, most of those resolutions are long forgotten. The real question isn’t whether you set goals, it’s whether you’ve built the habits that make them stick.

Walk through the SUB on any given Tuesday, and you’ll hear it: the low-hum anxiety of the junior slump mixed with the chime of AI-tutor notifications. We are the generation of the 49%. We’ve seen the headlines, and we know that half of the country thinks our degrees are about as useful as a VHS tape in a streaming world.

There is a first time for everything, and no one is perfect at a new thing right away, so you should not expect yourself or anyone else to get everything right immediately.