Everyone always told me that high school flies by past and shockingly it did. Then going into college people told me the same thing but it goes by even quicker than high school. As each semester went by I thought to myself I should not take this time for granted and to live it up while college lasts.
Each semester flew by followed by each year flying by and I found myself constantly saying "holy shit". But now I am saying that to the end of my college career. I cannot believe I am within the last weeks of my senior year at Eastern. It feels like yesterday that I was a senior in high school trying to figure out where I was gonna go to school and then when i finally chose EIU I was at cheerleading tryouts here. Then I was moving into Carman at a blink of an eye. Now to think I am graduating in four weeks is beyond me and my family.
To think of where I am now and how much going away to school in general changed my life has me at a loss for words. Senior year my plan was to stay at home in Chicago because I knew I could not be away at school and I had a high school boyfriend at home. Finally, one day I woke up and realized that this experience and choice will change my life and that I had to do this for myself and no one else. Well going away was one of the best decisions I've ever made in my 22 years of life and it has worked out for the best, not only relationship wise but it has shaped me as a person. A lot of people screw up their lives and get into bad things at college but for me it was the opposite, thankfully.
Although there have been ups and downs and I don't know exactly what I want to do with my degree I know things will work out whether it be my dream job or a being a cop, which has always been my backup plan. I know graduating and going back home will be bittersweet but I am excited for what's next to come.
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