If you have been reading my original blog you know that I've been blogging on and off for a while. Basically I told myself that I would blog my way through my first year in college and write about all the wonderful things that happened to me.
My original intent was to write about it in a leather bound diary I got for my birthday but I find it so much faster typing everything I have to say. Plus, after a while my writing get's messy and I don't want to ruin the perfectly crisp pages more than I have already.
I'm almost done with my first year of college and ironically, I have more horror stories to share than anything else.
Well. Let me rephrase that.
Not horror stories per say, but things that have occurred that have been less than pleasant.
You hear a lot of things when you go out to college.
People share their experiences with you and tell you what you should and shouldn't do.
Everyone has something to say; a suggestion that will make your college years brilliant and memorable.
What they don't really tell you is how damn stressful the whole thing is.
They don't warn you about how incredibly difficult it is to eat healthy when you have no stove and a very limited selection to eat in the dorms.
They don't warn you about how loud it gets at night and how frustrating it is to live with people who act like they've never partied in their life.
They don't warn you about the slobs you will share living quarters
They don't tell you that it is always advisable to wear flip flops in the shower because after the things I've seen, who knows what's been on those floors.
They don't warn you about how fast money really goes and how at the end of the day, you have nothing to show for it.
College truly is an experience and a place where you can really grow into your own person.
Life is stressful.
You go from a safe haven that we call High School to no man's land.
They don't really prepare you for the fact that you are truly on your own.
They don't tell you how terrifying it is to realize that if you don't own up to your responsibilities, you lose everything.
You can really rely only on yourself.
They don't tell you how horrible it is to be sick, alone in your dorm at night and not being able to go and wake up your mom to have her make you a hot tea and sit with you- even if it's just for company.
People don't tell you a lot of things. They don't tell you how bad it can get.
They also don't tell you how AMAZING it truly is.
I don't know about any of you reading this but for as far as I could remember, college went hand in hand with parties. People would tell me of all the weed they smoked and all the crazy parties they went to. How they made sure to get everything out of their system before it was time to let go and really grow up.
That hasn't been my experience and I'm glad.
I'll go into that further in another post but truly, my experience has been interesting.
I've had my ups and my downs but most of all, I've learned so much.
No only in the sense of academics but I've learned about myself.
I've learned about what type of person I want to be, what type of life I want to live and most importantly, I've learned to be an adult.
People don't tell you many things.
They don't tell you how lucky you can be to meet amazing people, people you know will be life long friends.
They don't tell you how much more meaningful friendships become and how distance in many ways makes your bonds stronger.
They don't tell you how incredibly addicting freedom is and how refreshing it can be.
They don't tell you about all the homemade remedies you learn and all the messes you'll have to clean up.
They don't tell you how absolutely amazing HULU and Tumblr are.
People don't tell you a lot of things, but really...that's the beauty of it all.
If nothing else, college is a time when you find out things for yourself and that's really only half the fun.
-D
