College is one of the most fun, yet brutal times in one's life. It's almost like a right of passage. There are ups and downs with unexpected twists that make your head spin. What is the end goal? Graduation. A degree. Future employment opportunities. All great answers, but I'm here to talk about the personal answers. Why did you decide to go to college? Why get up every day and spend hours on a campus with random people for the next four years? Is there a method to the madness we call college life? Maybe.
Every day is the same old routine after a couple of weeks into the school year. You start making friends, joining activities, studying. My question is why? What is the reason for this motivation every day? Personally, I know my motivation is from the point of wanting to go after my dream of being an engineer. Science has always been my passion along with mathematics among other things. but these two have stuck with me the most. It's hard to believe the time has quickly gone by and now, I'm here in college. It only seems like yesterday I was in a small classroom with other little kids learning how to multiply numbers.
Now, that all is in the past and I'm sitting in giant lecture halls with other students learning about complicated math equations and chemistry formulas. I question every day why I'm sitting in a class learning about stuff and I always come back to the same answer. I love to learn. I love trying to figure complicated problems and finding the solutions to them. I love learning about different chemical compounds and working with laboratory equipment. I enjoy what I do every day and that is what helps me survive college one day at a time.
Surviving college one day at a time is as strenuous as any kind of job in some ways. There is a constant flood of studying, homework, projects, meetings, and more. I wonder sometimes how I manage to handle my own busy schedule and sum it up to lack of sleep. I know I'm supposed to rest and let my mind rest, but sometimes it feels like that is not an option.
Have you ever had one of those nights where you are getting ready to fall asleep and your mind keeps bringing up thoughts about complicated life matters? Ever have those thoughts about everything that could possibly happen or 'what ifs'? I wonder about all sorts of things and then I cannot sleep. This does not help the whole surviving college case.