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I'm going to be a sophomore next year. I went to a school my first year and the whole year,

I was kind of debating transferring to a school closer to home. I went out of state and was COVID

and everything. It made it really hard. And so I'm still struggling with the decision of what to do,

like next month. So I guess I'm I'm needing advice on being decisive and why do you want to run home?

I want to run home. Yeah. I think I have close friends and just a closer circle at home.

And I don't know if Katie was. Katie. Yes. You're at a school. The pandemic thing is weird and winding down.

And you can make friends and get involved in the newspaper, sports, clubs,

and make a life without running home to safety. Life is not always going to be easy to confront.

And it is not the best answer to run home to perceived safety. You've got to face these things.

This is how you grow. This is how you get experience. This is how you get stronger in life.

Right. Money is a little bit of a factor too. I don't care about the money. That's not what I'm here for.

Right. Get a part-time job. At the school, I worked in the chemistry department library. I worked

at the biology department in the labs. You need more money. Make more money.

Okay. If it's not necessarily easy for me to go home, is that a sign too?

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