Nolan Collery

Here are Nolan’s Top 5 Epic Tips to survive NASH:

1) Clean up the mess you made. You spilled your coffee. You bumped into someone someone and they lost their Chicken Mashed Potato Bowl. You clipped a desk and someone’s ink and quill fall to the ground. I don’t care. Be a decent person, and help clean up that mess.

2) Prioritize the group project. We can’t get it all done. There are nights where it’s impossible, and I get it it. But sometimes, other people’s grades are on the line, and being in a group means you are in it together, for better or for worse.

3) Say hi back. Uh Oh! The kid who sat three seats behind you in French in 10th grade just said hi, and you are totally blanking on his name. Guess what? Just a simple ‘hi’ back is still polite, and will still make his day.

4) Scooch over. There is always room at your table for one more. and now that you’ve made room for one more, the girl who has been sitting all alone sees there is room, and happily accepts your invitation to join you at lunch.

5) Say ‘How can I help? way more. We’re all human. We all make mistakes. We can’t be great at everything. Honestly, we can’t even be good at most things. But if we all do the things we like, we can help others who aren’t as good at it, and vice versa. Isn’t there a term for that? Oh yeah…community.

It all boils down to one big point really: Be good.

Be good to others. Be good to yourself.

And don’t try to be too great.

And hey, you might just make it out of NASH alive. After all, I did. That means anyone can.