College is weird.

We are smack in the middle of finding our purpose and it can be challenging. We are not full grown adults yet, but we also do have so much more freedom than we used to. We are not right where we need to be quite yet, but we are far enough along to where we might know what we want.

I also feel like college is filled with a whole lot of waiting. All of life really is of course, but in college, we are waiting for grades and our schedules and if we get into programs. We are waiting for scholarships and financial aid. We are waiting until the end of this semester… and then the next. We are waiting for the weekend or until summer vacation. Until we get that job or that internship. We are waiting until we graduate to come into full bloom, and as I’m writing this I’m realizing how silly it sounds. Yeah technically we cannot get certain jobs until we have a degree, but that is no reason to just keep waiting.

I say we make the best of this time. Maybe we are having to wait for grades or to get into a program, but that time does not have to be wasted. College is short (even though it does not seem like it now), and before we know it we will be done. I think it is so important to do as much as we can as college students.

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We can pick up hobbies and find things that we are passionate about. People always say that college is the best 4 years of your life and I think it’s time we start making that true. Life will be different once we graduate, and honestly maybe even better, but I don’t think that is any reason to rush through this stage in life. We are able to learn and grow so much. Now is when we really are able to become who we are, and I think that is something special to hold on to.

I hear people all the time saying that they are so ready to get out of college and into the real world. I actually am one of those people, but I don’t want to be anymore. I want to embrace this stage of life and take it for all that it is: confusing and stressful, but also full of great experiences.

Being a little over halfway done will college has me at this weird stage of life. I am in too deep to back out, but I'm not close enough to the end where I can see it. I am thankful though for this weird stage of life, because all I can see is what is in front of me, and I really don't have many complaints. I bet if you looked at your stage of life and really thought about where you are, you wouldn't be as restless to graduate and move on. Yes, college may be hard, but it has so much to offer and I hope you are able to find that.

“I wish there was a way to know you're in 'the good old days' before you've actually left them.” - Andy Bernard (lol)