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Life Changes: Adjusting to College


Hello my beautiful, beautiful friends!
After two months of no new posts, I am finally back and looking forward to writing more now that I have adjusted to college after one month of being here. I have really missed writing, but I hope that now I can take the next step with my work and reach an even greater number of people with encouragement, advice, and hopefully a smile as well :)

OKAY. So most of y'all know that I have been at college for a month now (honestly surprised that I have survived for this long HAHAHA, the homework here is pretty rough. . . for me at least hehehe). In all honesty, being so far from home and having to adjust to a totally new, foreign stage of life definitely was not as easy for me as I had originally hoped. I was so excited to start this new adventure back in August, that I never really stopped to think about all of the things that would change once I moved in and started my classes.

Saying goodbye to my parents and siblings in August was for sure one of the hardest things I have ever done, even though I literally text and talk to them every day still. Of course I love my family and knew that I would miss them, but I was not expecting to cry as hard as I did when they left to go home on August 16th after moving me in, nor did I expect to be homesick for almost a whole month. Of course, the waves of sadness came and went, but they were much more frequent than I thought they would be. I never realized how much of a home-body I was until I left home, which I know is kind of ironic, but still. Just a few days ago, it hit me that my home in Ohio will most likely never be my permanent place of residence again, and WOW, that hit me so hard. For eighteen and half years, I have lived under the same roof with my family, and in the blink of an eye, I grew up and moved out. Yes, I will be home for breaks and weekend visits, but it just isn't the same, if that makes any sense at all.

The other thing that has definitely been a struggle has been the workload and figuring out how to balance school and spending time with my friends. The very first day of classes, I was loaded up with homework, tests to prepare for, and papers to write, and let me tell ya, it was insane. And not in an exciting way. The first few weeks of school, I spent more time in my room struggling to keep up with my classes than not. At this moment, I am only taking five classes, two online and three residentially, yet the workload is still so much greater than when I was taking seven to eight classes in high school, which, obviously, is the reality of college. Yet, it still surprised me that it all happened so quickly. Time has passed, however, and I am getting used to doing so much homework. This is going to sound REALLY nerdy, hahaha, but I actually kind of enjoy the workload now (except for when it comes to my biology class, -that homework SUCKS and I don't understand science at all hahaha). I'm still working on the balance between having a social life and studying, but one thing I have gotten to enjoy over the past few weeks is spending every. single. day with the same people for the sixteen hours or so that we are awake. Getting to work on homework with my friends in one of common rooms in our dorm is such a fun time. . . even though we definitely don't get nearly as much work done when we're all together ;)

All in all, college has definitely been an exciting yet overwhelming time. We are only on week five of the semester, but time is flying and soon enough the first semester will be over, which is crazy to think about. I wouldn't change the experience one bit, though. Of course, college will definitely become more of a challenge as semesters pass, but the challenge is good, and I think I'm ready for what gets thrown at me.

So, friends, if you are reading this today, I do want to encourage you to live in the moment and try not to focus solely on what comes next after whatever stage life you are currently in. During my second semester of senior year, I made the mistake of keeping my eyes set only on college, and I didn't enjoy the rest of my high school experience as much as I could have. In the blink of an eye, I graduated and moved seven hours away, and everything changed so rapidly. Looking back, I wish I had been happy in the moment that I was in during high school. Now, though, I am so much happier and am learning to be present in this time that I am in right now. Accept the season of life you are currently in, and live every day to the best of your ability, and ultimately for God's glory. God has you where you are for a reason, so live in that moment and don't worry about or ponder the future. It will come in good time. ♥

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