Dear Me,
We did it. We survived our freshman year of college. Can you believe it? Everytime I look at a calender it blows my mind because it feels like just yesterday I was freaking out because move in day was right around the corner. And yet, here we are. Looking at our sophomore year of college. Looking at 20 years old. Looking at becoming a real human being in less than four years. In four years I will be forced to make my own decisions, to get a job, and to be able to function on my own. As each semester passes way too fast, this future comes on me and it gets closer and closer. Every semester I learn something new about myself and about the world around me
I'm sure we have some regrets, some classes we wish we didn't take, some friendships we wish we didn't start, and some tests we wish we studied harder for. I wouldn't take back any of these experiences for anything. Sometimes I felt like nothing would go right and I wasn't where I should be, but I know I'm in the right place. I know that all of these experiences make me who I am and it's important to remember that. I'm sure that I will wish I could change things as I go through my college career. I'm sure that there are things that will happen that I wish I could take back. But that's not a problem. Thats life. That's human nature. That's me being able to look at myself and say, "Wow , you messed up."
If I could have given myself advice at the beginning of the year, it would be to hold on. The adjustment period sucks. It's awkward and it feels like it will never end. You will wish you could rent a time machine and go back to when life still made sense, but it will pass. I wish I knew that. I wish I understood that everything was temporary and I would make it out alive and better than ever before. I can't imagine my life without some of these experiences I have had and i know that next semester is going to bring even more. Next semester is going to be even better than this one and I can't wait to see what the new year holds.
Sophomore year, here I come!
