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" I&amp;#039;ve been away at college for almost three months now and there have been plenty of days when I&amp;#039;ve wished I could jump on the next plane home. With the help of my friends (at school and back in Colorado), my family, and my busy schedule I am learning to deal with my homesickness! The number one way to deal with homesickness, as I&amp;#039;ve mentioned in a previous blog, is keeping in touch with your loved ones back home. Skype dates, phone calls, text messages, and care packages help you to feel more in touch with everyone from high school! Also, build a strong foundation of friends in college. I have a couple really good friends on my floor and they&amp;#039;re incredibly helpful whenever I feel homesick. A big part of being homesick is missing all your friends, so making new pals in college is really important. If you&amp;#039;re out having tons of fun with them, you won&amp;#039;t just be sitting around waiting until you can go home again! Last, but certainly not least, keep busy! If you&amp;#039;re running from classes, to work, to clubs, to sport events, to parties you won&amp;#039;t have anytime to focus on missing home. If you&amp;#039;re super-involved in college, you won&amp;#039;t miss your activities back home as much. Homesickness is natural, and it certainly isn&amp;#039;t the end of the world! College only lasts so long and you will see your family, friends, and hometown again. Until then, just embrace your new experiences! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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