Knowing when you are ready...

I've always heard parents, teachers etc. say "Oh well he/she just wasnt ready for college" Yet that student continues to stay in college and pull out with a 2.5 maybe, 2.0 on a bad semester... why? That money just gets drank away, lazily slept away? I have never been happier with the decisions that I have made- waiting for college. Paying for everything on my own- seeing that this really will only happen once. I can look back in highschool, learn from my mistakes- I can look into the real world and say hmm, wow I worked as a full time stylist I have no problem not working full time. I am ready to be a student. I am ready to spend my days studying and making the most of my short time at college. I was able to say no to excessive partying, I was able to truly want to do good. I wont get another chance. This is my second chance.
Hopefully I can continue to prove to myself that this is what I want and that I am going to continue doing this for myself because I am ready. I have came to realize it's not a big deal to not be ready for college, in fact it is completley normal, so I stand by the saying- Don't do anything your not ready to do- you will know its the right time.