Going back to college as a working adult is difficult. I should know — I took four years off between high school and college. I was lucky, though — I had the financial means (thanks to my parents) to work part time and go to school full time. My husband, on the other hand, has had to work full time the entire time he’s been in school, so it has taken him a decade to get where he is now: a semester away from graduation.

The key to making it through college, especially if you have to work your way through your degree, is simply to take it one semester at a time. Don’t focus on how many more credits you have left to take, as that is like looking down the whole ski slope — instead, tackle one mogul or two moguls (or classes) at a time.

This can be hardest at the beginning of your college career, when you are fulfilling your general education classes. Later on, however, when you start taking more electives and upper-division courses in your chosen areas of study, you should find it much easier to get excited about school.

School is not always an easy proposition, but as long as you don’t think about how much you have left, and just take it one semester at a time, before you know it you’ll be buying a university diploma frame to display the proof of your accomplishment!

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