My Last Post as a College Student

Once again, it's time to end another one of those chapters in life. Like many things, it can be bittersweet, but life is something where you are never meant to be left standing in the same spot for too long. With that being said, this is my last post as a college student! Graduation is right around the corner and I'm definetly looking forward to it. I'm exctied to start a new chapter in life, but just want to take a minute and reflect, to just be in the moment. One day when I look back, I know that I will wish that I was in this moment again. That's just how life works. If you think about it, you will always look back and tell yourself that you didn't appreciate the time that passed by. This feeling will be even more magnified after a whole lifetime has passed because your life will seem like a blur that went by so fast, and you'll wish you could go back and simply appreciate it more. It's just how life is. That is why I feel it important to take moments where you just step back and simply take everything in. Take notice of your surroundings:  the colors, sounds, sights and take a mental snapshot of that moment. If you stop and really take the time to do this, then that snapshot will always be with you. You will have appreciated the moment you were in.


I take these mental pictures from time to time and find that I'm glad I did because they don't get as fuzzy as just regular memories tend to. One such one that I remember was just before high school graduation, while I was on my senior trip. It was during a dinner cruise, in which I was on top of the boat, on the balcony shortly after sunset. It was very windy up there, but warm as I stood against the railing and imprinted that moment, knowing that a "big"change was about to occur. I still remember, even today, the feelings that I felt and the simple appreciation I felt for that moment.


I guess that is what I am trying to do now:  taking in what is feels like to be a college student and remembering it. I will always remember the confidence that college was able to teach me. Just going from being a freshmen to a senior is only 4 years, a seemingly insignificant amount of time, but I feel so different when comparing the start to the end. As lame as it may sound, I also am leaving with the realization of the beauty of knowledge. Just to dive in and learn about a specific slice of knowledge that makes up the world is truly a beautiful thing. I am glad that my slice is biology. I have always felt like I didn't choose my major, it chose me, and I think that this a pretty good indicator that you chose the right one.


And of course I will not forget about the people I have met, from professors to friends both inside and outside of college. Without friends, you really don't have happiness in your life. A simple comparison of my high school life to my college one has made me realize this. So, with all of that being said, I really do appreciate my friends a whole lot! I have learned things from all of them.


"The journey is half the fun" is a saying that I have always liked because I believe it's true. So as my college journey rapidly comes to an end, it simply means that I get to start another journey. A new adventure to be had. That's the sweet of the bittersweet.




 "Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn and you will" 
~Vernon Howard