The whole summer going into freshman year of college everyone had always said to go into college single, well I was one of those girls who didn't listen. I went into my freshman year with a boyfriend that lasted until the summer going into sophomore year. Then came the dreaded sophomore year. You're not the new excited freshman but you're also not an upperclassman yet. This was the year everyone got into their solid friend groups and made their lifetime friends. I, however, was in yet another relationship. Sophomore year really opened my eyes to how withdrawn I was from the friend's aspect of college since I was too busy with my relationships. I needed to learn balance. Well, the balance came pretty easy when Christmas break ended and I was headed back to campus single. Trying to join a friendly group that was already established was harder than I could have thought, but thanks to a few cool people I was able to finish my year with friends.

Now I'm headed into my junior year. Past the sophomore blues but not yet a senior and ready to embrace me. It's a hard thing to do, ending relationships, but like everyone has always said, college friends are the ones who will be your lifetime friends. I had let guys been my main source of friends for the past two years of college, not going to parties, missing out on school events, and I wasn't going to let that happen this year. It was time for me to be free and experience college how I had always imagined it to be. Sure it was hard to end thins, but knowing I had my friends who had my back was a reassuring thought. This year was dedicated to friends, girlfriends. Not boyfriends.