No matter where you are in life, change can be scary. Whether it’s going to high school, going to college, having a new job, living somewhere new, or even being in a new relationship, they are all changes that can be pretty scary at first.
I realized this weekend that my life will have a pretty big change coming up in the next few months. I’ll be graduating high school and going to college. I’ll have to leave the place that I’ve known and gotten pretty comfortable at for four years and I’ll have to start parting ways with people I’m close with.
For some reason, everything this weekend reminded me of that. My one friend, who I recently became close with is going off this weekend to the Navy for five years, and I said goodbye to him this week. On Thursday, I went to Rowan, the college I’ll be attending next year, and I realized that I won’t be with any of my closest friends because they’re going to either the community college or the university right by our houses.
My boyfriend is going to school two hours away from Rowan. I’ll be going to school 45 minutes away from home and staying in the dorms. Yes, I know that my boyfriend won’t be too far away, and I’m only going 45 minutes away from home, and I can see my friends whenever I want. But life will be pretty hectic next year, so who knows how often I’ll see them?
I mean, let's be real, we all make plans to see each other every weekend or whatever, whenever someone leaves and no one ever follows through with the plan because life gets hectic. So, I know better than to get my hopes up. However, I know the people that matter to me will make efforts to stay in touch because they matter to me, too. We’re all going to be going through this big life change together, and we’ll have each other to talk about it.
If you're going through a big change soon, remember this: change is how we grow. It's a part of life. If you don't change at least a little, you're not growing.
Change can be good, and being scared of it is normal.