One More Month!

Wow, I truly cannot believe that I have exactly one month left until I go home for the summer. My freshman year of college will be: over, done, finished, completed. I think that scares me more than I was when I first got here. Everyone always says that time flies but you never really believe it until the time has passed you by and you can’t get it back.

I figured with one month left of school, now would be a good time to reflect on some of my experiences this year.

I came into this school very timid and shy. I was nothing like that in high school but I was out of my comfort zone here. It took a while for me to open up and become more like myself and I know exactly why this is. I have serious trust issues. Not in a bad way though. I know it sounds crazy to think that there is a good way but I think there is. I cannot fully open up to someone until I know that I can trust them. I have to see how they act around others. There are some people who always feel the need to be talking and the center of attention. I can argue that as a broad generalization, these types of people can not keep secrets because they always have to tell the best or most recent stories. They have the need to sound the most interesting, even if it at the expense of someone else. So, after I am able to realize who does not do this, I can become more open and outoing, which I have done this year.

I believe that I got lucky this year. I became very close with both of my roommates and made friendships with several other people that I think will last a long time. However, because I instantly became friends with the girls on my floor, I never bothered to ‘participate’ in other on campus activities. Similar to Charlie in The Perls of being a Wallflower. If I had done this I would have given myself a chance to be a more well-rounded student. This would also have given me the opportunity to meet more people. At any rate, the time flew by me in the blink of an eye and here I am, one month left of school and cramming to get everything handed in on time for all my classes.

Sure there are plenty of things I would do over if I had the chance. But at the same time I have no regrets. Yes, I naturally made some mistakes this year but I did manage to stay out of trouble, and if I hadn’t made them I would not have learned from them. After all, college is more then reading textbooks, it is about going out on your own and learning from your mistakes and growing into a young adult who is prepared for the real world that college gives us a small taste of.