After 2 Full Semesters Of College, I'm So Excited I Get Do This For 3 More Years
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After 2 Full Semesters Of College, I'm So Excited I Get Do This For 3 More Years

With the year winding down, I am left with nothing but memories.

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After 2 Full Semesters Of College, I'm So Excited I Get Do This For 3 More Years
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By the time this is article is posted the only things between me and summer are two finals.

Thinking about that still causes a wave of disbelief to rush over me. Where did the semester go? Where did my entire freshman year go? These two questions are ones I seem to ask myself every day. I feel like just yesterday I was moving in, and now I am packing boxes getting ready to leave. I felt like I blinked and now it is over. For months I have been wishing this semester would end, now that it is practically over I am kicking myself for wishing my life away.

Freshman year is a rollercoaster. It is sorta like a drug.

You have the most unbelievable highs, but when the lows hit I promise you are going to know it. But yet, I would do it all over again. I have learned and experienced so much during my time at college. I have learned failing is sometimes inevitable, but it is how you come back that defines you. Mistakes WILL happen, so instead of ignoring the possibility, prepare for the worst.

Pray. A lot.

I can honestly say that I would not have made it through this year without my faith. So many new things are happening in your life you need something constant to help keep your head on straight. Something my mom and nana always told me when I started to doubt myself was that God would not have brought me to UGA if he knew I could not handle it. When school starts to feel unbearable this is something I always fell back on.

It is okay to go home.

This is something I struggled with during the fall semester. I missed my family and friends back home, but it seemed like I was the only one out of my new friends that felt that way.

The place I have called home for the last 4 months is now bare and looks just how it did the day I moved in; however, it is different to me.

I am thankful that even though I am leaving this room I am able to hold on to the memories forever. The older I get the more the saying ‘life is short’ starts to make sense. So even though I am sad this chapter of my life is coming to an end, I am excited to turn the page and see what sophomore year has in store.

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