Daily Write 4/24/17

In my epilogue post in December, I wrote “I had a ‘reality check’ during my very first week at Ole Miss. I said ‘I have already done more in a week than I did in the first semester of high school.’ I almost expected college to be harder than it is, but it is mainly just different. I enjoy the challenges that have been thrown at me. Of course, I did not like them at the time, but they made me much stronger in the long run.”

At the time, I was not ready for the multiple reality checks I would later have during second semester. I realized the moments I thought were so bad were actually nothing compared to things I have had to go through during Spring Semester. Spring Semester has not been awful by any means. I have had more time because of not having marching band. I have made even more friends and I went to visit my family a lot more than I originally had been. I am very happy with how spring semester has turned out for me, but I still went through so much more and I have matured a lot since last semester academically and in every other area.

I am so much happier than I was during the first semester of college. I did not know for sure what I wanted to do, even though I told myself I did. I have put myself and my feeling first. I have grown spiritually, physically, and mentally. It gets harder, but it gets better.