It's all said and done, it's real, and it's been fun
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As the year is finally coming to an end I would like to take this time to
thank all of you for coming and reading my blog. This has been a really
exciting year filled with growth, experience, and love. I was able to do so
many things this year and I was so happy that I could take all of you along for
the ride. I hope that you have enjoyed reading about my experiences as much as
I have with writing about them.
To all my friends who are graduating college this year I say farewell with all
the love in my heart. You are all such wonderful people that I am so thankful I
was able to have in my life. You all have touched me and helped me grow and I
will always be thankful for our amazing memories. You leave ready to take on
the world and I challenge you to question all that is around you and go out and
kick up some dirt and let people who know who and what you are about. Great
things will come to all of you. I just hope you always remember to have laugh
and know that life is not about how many hours your work or what your job title
is. It is about how you live your life and about how much love you give to
others. Always remember that when times seem rough and you long for your
college days know that they are right there with you, always in your memories
ready to be replay again and again. Remember to have fun and live life to the
fullest because you only get one shot at it and you want to make it worth wild.
I love you all and wish you only the best. Thank you for being in my life.
Now onto you incoming freshmen, everything you
know is about to change. You are going to find yourself questioning everything
you have ever known. You are leaving behind a time and place you will never
know again. Which is really the point of going off to college, you get the
chance to really see what you are made of. By leaving the comforts of home you
are leaving a lot of things. You are leaving behind your moms or grandmas great
home cooked meals. You are leaving behind friends you have known for a
lifetime. You are leaving behind a bubble of security which is has extended all
that it can and is ready for you to burst out and explore new places. Leaving
all this can be very scary and you will find yourself lonely at times yearning
for the comforts of home and friends that know you better than you know yourself.
And what you need to know about that is, is that everyone feels that way at one
point in time during the first year or another. These same fears will be spread
all along your new dorm, for everyone is leaving home for the first time and
everyone is feeling a little out of place. There is a caution to this fairy
tale life you are about to come into that is college and that is something that
many people do not talk about. As you start to make new friends some of your
old high school friendships may start to weaken. You need to know that this is
okay. That you will not stay best friends with everyone from your home town,
you are going to grow and change some much within your first year of college
and so will those very same friends that you have known all your life. It is
okay to let each other change and grow. If it is a real friendship you will
make it through everything just give it time, space, and a lot of
understanding. And lean on those new friends you meet at college for again they
will be going through all this as well.
Now here is some advice, take what you want and leave the rest
* Laugh as much as you can while you are here and do as much as you can
* Join clubs and teams on campus its the best way to meet new and amazing
people that you never would have otherwise
* When you are old enough go out to the village and have a fun night, go the
Dill Street long enough to see what the inside looks like but go and stay at
the Locker Room all night. Get Carters and Greeks as much as you can. These
nights will be some of the best nights so make them count,
* Go to TIS and buy as many BSU t-shirts that you can I think I own them
all, they are cheap and are a good thing to just throw on when late to
class
* Get to know your teachers. They don't want you to do poorly in their class
so if you get to know them they might even give you a little extra help
* Know that your GPA only matters to the first job you will get right after
college. After that they ill go off your work record. This doesn't mean you can
slack off but what it does mean is that it's okay if you don't have a 4.0. Life
is all about balance. I'll keep my 3.0 and all memories of the wild
nights that kept me from a 4.0
* Know that if you ever feel lonely the people you love most in the world
are just a phone call away. Stay in touch with them because in the end they are
the ones who you can always count on
* Take all your core classes as soon as you can...I am kicking myself now
for putting some classes off til my last year.
* Study abroad...trust me on this...if this is the only thing you do out of
this list it will be well worth it.
* Go to as many free things BSU offers as you can wheather its a speaker or
a comic it will be worth it
* Live off campus at least after your second year. It will give you a good
taste of what it feels like to be really grown up and you will learn how to
budget your money.
* Go vist other colleges and your friends at those colleges
* Get a job
* Stand up for what you believe in, even if you are the only one standing.
* Go to Sunshine Cafe at random hours of the night.
* Know that sometimes it's more important to stay up and watch old movies
with your friends then to study for a test that is next week
* Also know that it's okay to stay up and making memories even if that means
that every now and then you will sleep through your first class :)
* Be open minded to others. The great thing about college is that everyone
is so different than the people from back home. Everyone here come from very
different backgrounds and very different lives. It will be good for you to see
how other people live and how they see the world.
* Most important thing to remember is college goes by in a flash, before you
know it it's done and you will look back and wonder where all the time went.
Enjoy yourself, have fun, make mistakes, question the world around you and open
yourself up to being questioned. Laugh until you cry and love until it hurts.
but trust me on the study abroad thing....
Thank you all so much.
Much love
Cheers
Quote of the day:
If
you're feeling frightened about what comes next, don't be. Embrace the
uncertainty. Allow it to lead you places. Be brave as it challenges you to
exercise both your heart and your mind as you create your own path towards
happiness, don't waste time with regret. Spin wildly into your next action.
Enjoy the present, each moment, as it comes; because you'll never get another
one quite like it. And if you should ever look up and find yourself lost,
simply take a breath and start over. Retrace your steps and go back to the
purest place in your heart... where your hope lives. You'll find your way again