This is definitely an interesting topic for me. As an extrovert myself, I really do loving making new friends and getting to know people. I go to a smaller college, approximately 1200 people, a whole lot smaller than my high school. So often, when I see someone on campus I don't know, I'm instantly confused. "Why don't I know who you are?". Of course, I have my group of friends that I hang out with and live life with a lot more than other people, but something I've learned about myself is that I really love getting to know new people. I want to share with you all a little bit about how this first year of college has gone for me and to start off with this trend, making new friends.

I'm currently best friends with the group I met before I even started school. Slowly, our group has grown but this doesn't take away the fact that we all love each other and consider each other family. It was almost instantaneous. It is incredibly beautiful how fast we all became friends. It didn't take much longer for me to become good friends with the people I'd be around the most, the music students. As a music major, it's almost impossible to not know everyone in the same program as you. With open arms they brought me in, and I felt very loved.

Although, the school doesn't just end there. There are architect majors, design majors, psychology majors, etc. As much as I love my fellow musicians, I constantly asked myself, "Why aren't I going out to get to know more people?". I was comfortable. There are people at my school that needs to be loved, that needs to be known and appreciated. I want to be able to offer that to the school community. Something I considered coming into college was that I did not want to spread myself to thin, but that doesn't mean I should limit myself to loving only my group of friends.

It's very difficult to be intentional with everyone you know and to try and care for everyone around you. But that shouldn't stop you from going out and trying. I want to be able to love and love well. As much as I feel that the community at school is good, there is a lot that needs to be worked on. If we were all more intentional to know others outside our major, maybe our school would be united.