Almost a whole month into college and I am looking back just realizing how much I have grown within the past month. College is such a huge change in everyone's life and I only began to believe that when college began. All of the preparation in high school saying the four most important years of your life are ahead of you gets old so you begin to just become numb to it. My attitude towards anything college come second half senior year was "ENOUGH". They teach you everything but the essentials when about to go into college. Here is what I have learned since I started.

1. I have to walk how far for my 8 am class? You thought walking that flight of stairs in high school was bad...you have no idea what is ahead of you.

2. I feel lost without my parents but I am going to act like I have my life together. Okay, don't lie. It happens to all of us. We all miss mom and dad and their unconditional love.

3. I need to lay off the unlimited soft serve ice cream machine but I seriously cannot. Call it stress eating if you want but I am practically eating half my weight in ice cream everyday.

4. Making friends is a lot harder than I remembered. We may act friendly to everybody we meet but we might not even see them again for two weeks. I miss my high school friends.

5. The workload is a lot but I can actually do it, maybe. I have always been nervous about what I was going to do in college with all the work because I knew I could not handle it. Surprisingly, I am and I feel way more motivated than I did in high school.

6. I can save my non existent money and get deals on Amazon prime, spotify and such! No money? It's okay because even knowing you could get savings on some stores is good enough.

7. Thank god someone I know, and love, goes here. I could not imagine going through those first couple of days without my boyfriend by my side. Highly recommend sticking by some high school classmates you may find going to the same college. You will need them as much as they need you.

8. It is a new beginning. It feels good to be a new freshmen. Not very well known. You are no longer your older brother or sisters sibling. You are your own person, enjoy it.

9. I could have bought a new car with all that money I spent on textbooks. Well, not necessarily but that is what it feels like in the moment. It hurts but it is worth it.

10. DO NOT think about all the debt you are going to have when leaving college. You will reconsider everything, even if you love it. Money is important, but so is college for some jobs so just do not think about it.

11. I miss high school. I left that place thinking I would never think about it again but here I am. Those friday night football games, powderpuff dances, homecoming, prom. It is so sad to think that is over but looking ahead, there is so much to look forward to.