premise: I was worried at the time about being mentally unprepared and flunking out , or of being unprepared to juggle all the responsibilities and losing my job , or of something unpredictable happening like my mom dying and not being able to finish what I 'd started . ( I was also afraid I could n't afford it , but getting loans was ridiculously easy . ) None of these things happened , largely because community college is far less challenging than I could possibly have imagined , and so I have an easy success story as my example for taking a risk . What may have caused you to succeed in community college despite your worries ?
hypothesis: I was mentally prepared .