Lately I’ve noticed something
about college, it’s different. Everything’s different. Classes are different,
my sleep schedule is different, the scenery is different (its fall and the
leaves are actually changing colors), the people are different and I’m
different. It’s only been a couple of weeks but I have changed. It’s nothing
too dramatic, I’m still quite but I can feel myself becoming more independent. I
have to be, I am 860 miles from home and I don’t have my mom to do things for
me anymore. While I am still myself I am changing and growing, like everyone
says you do in college.
It surprised me that
I feel so grown up in such a short time. It must be something about living on
my own, with a roommate, away from home and having to deal with the stresses
and drama of life and college by myself. I don’t have my mom to comfort me like
she used to. We would curl up on her bed and watch dumb T.V. shows until I forgot
about what I was so stressed out about. I miss that, but I’ve found my own ways
to deal with stress and everything else. College is about adapting to whatever
is thrown at you. Like the loud girls in the hall at all hours of the day and
night or forgetting to print a paper at 2am. I like being independent and I like being away at college. It is strange to me that just being here for such a short time has changed me, I'll be here for four years I guess I'll have to see what I'm like then.
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I completely agree with you. Even though being here at the college for a short time, I could feel the change and adaptions that I go through. I love the sentence when you talked about the loud girl in your hall and forget to print. It happens the same to me too.
ReplyDeleteI can relate to you so much! I miss home too, but after being here for almost 4 months I have changed a lot. Me and my mom would always watch stupid movies when I was stressed out in high school, I miss that too!
ReplyDeleteI definitely agree with you. I am surprised by how much I have changed in such a short amount of time. Even though my home is not as far as yours and I see my parents regularly, I still feel independent. I like the sentence where you said I'm still quiet but I can feel myself becoming more independent. I am quiet too, obviously, and I can relate to this. I'm surprised how many close friends that I have that I didn't even know only months ago.
ReplyDeleteI really like this post you did such a good job adding details. The topic of change was really relatable.
ReplyDeleteI like this post because it immediately made me think of Sex Lives of Cannibals and our discussions about change and adaptation. I think this post explains very well that someone doesn't just adapt OR change but that both things can occur at the same time.
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