MY COLLEGE ADVICE (theatre major at university of michigan)

hello everyone! today's video is my advice on how to thrive in college. I just graduated from the University of Michigan with a theatre management degree, and I may not have been thriving 1000% of the time but I think I did pretty well! this video is eighteen minutes and nineteen seconds of solid big sis advice, and I cover everything from mindset to roommates to making friends to greek life to joining clubs to getting leadership positions to registering for classes to choosing a major to study tips to dining halls and MORE! this was quite sentimental to make, especially considering my college experience was cut short. if you have any questions, especially about being a theatre major or about U of M, please let me know in the comments! also, I meant to mention this at the end of the video and totally forgot, but high school seniors/incoming college freshmen - my heart goes out to you and I have my fingers crossed that you'll be able to have in-person classes in the fall. this is a crazy time for all of us and no one knows what's going on, but in the meantime enjoy my college stories!
DIRECTED ATTENTION FATIGUE:
I start talking about this around 13:10, but essentially DAF is the phenomenon that results from the overuse of inhibitory attention mechanisms. every time your brain focuses on something, it is inhibiting other stimuli, and that ability gets weaker every time you use it (but it can be restored)
ways to RESTORE your directed attention: taking breaks, spending time in nature, meditation, naps
you can prevent overusing your directed attention by avoiding unnecessary distractions (so your brain won't have to inhibit as many outside stimuli)
a summary written by my professor: bit.ly/3g0LVyH
the wiki page for attention restoration theory: bit.ly/2yZ6WsW
more detailed paper: bit.ly/2ThzZ1B
thank you for watching!

[@oliviaeisnor8845]

i CANT with the grad ceremony😂😂😂one thing that really helped me make friends was making group chats before school even started!!!

[@AlissaCatherine]

Olivia Eisnor hahaha so glad you liked! ooo yeah that’s a good tip!

[@lela7436]

I enjoy watching this so much! I'm not one for longgg videos but watching you talk was not boring at all, and i still got like 2-3 years until college but this was so fun to watch and it was so helpful

[@AlissaCatherine]

aw that’s such a great compliment, thank you so much!

[@ia79661]

best vid yet

[@AlissaCatherine]

:)

[@VictoriaIstrate]

girl i love your channel! i just finished my undergrad this year and my grad ceremony got cancelled too so this is too real 😂that short clip on your front porch in your gown cracked me up! you are so so so stunning by the way! your channel deserves way more recognition. i just subbed and i'm looking forward to future videos 💓

[@AlissaCatherine]

hahaha I'm so glad you enjoyed the clip! thank you so much for your comment, you're too sweet!

[@hannahholland3049]

I’m very glad I followed you to college bb 🥺💖

[@AlissaCatherine]

Hannah Holland LOVE YOU

[@alexandraniforos2101]

Alissa your notes are literally beautiful what the heck how have I never seen them before

[@Sarahkoruya]

Loved this video!🥰🥰

[@AlissaCatherine]

Sarahkoruya so glad you enjoyed, thanks for your support!

[@sydneys5909]

my fav big sis :') thanks for the advice

[@haileym1941]

who's the cutie playing recorder ?????

[@dogfilms7753]

Great video! Thanks for the advice! Im starting college this fall

[@AlissaCatherine]

ATLHOE STUDIOS yaaay glad you enjoyed!

[@dogfilms7753]

@@AlissaCatherine im doing theater too! So im guessing youre an actress?

[@AlissaCatherine]

ATLHOE STUDIOS oh amazing!! I actually studied theatre management and I’m going into producing :)

[@dogfilms7753]

@@AlissaCatherine if you need an actor id love to audition for you. You should consider atlanta they film alot of big projects here

[@lucieantonia6008]

You are sooo pretty

[@AlissaCatherine]

aww thank you!

[@rui5038]

Heyy I just subscribed! Absolutely love your advice 💜💜 hope we can stay connected 😊

[@AlissaCatherine]

Rui aww thank you!

[@laurie7989]

good video! love your channel! just subbed ❤️ hope we can support each other :)