Hi!
It has truly been so long since I have sat down and just typed into a Google Doc. I’ve been really fond of writing poems recently. It’s been a fun new way to process my life in small little pieces. I just created a poem category on the blog which I am excited to add to! Anyway, I am also excited to sit down and talk about my word for the year!
Well it’s the beginning of February and I’m finally sitting down to write about my word for the year. I’ve done this for I want to say the past four years now. If you choose a word for the year, you can make it as important or not important as you want. I look at it as kind of a grounding word. This year I chose the word capable. I’m not sure how I landed on it, but it just sort of felt right. This year will bring a lot of change for me. I’m currently in my last semester of college which I cannot truly process. College has been an exhilarating ride full of highs and lows. For starters, I never thought there would be a world wide pandemic for the majority of my college years.
I’ve officially been back to school for about four weeks. although it feels likes it’s been double that. but i’m starting to settle in and get back to a routine. anyway, i’ve been thinking a lot this week about the idea of timelines in our lives. there’s a certain social pressure to have things checked off the to do list by certain points in your life. and I think this view can cause a lot of damage in our lives. because the truth is, there is no correct timeline. there’s no perfect model that makes your life better or worse.
Dear College Freshman,
The thing is I don’t know all there is to know about college. I’m at the end of it but I’m still very much figuring it all out. College is such a weird shift in your life when you first transition from high school. Suddenly it’s goodbye to the home and people you’ve known your whole life and hello to a whole new set of everything. You pretty much start over.
I can hardly believe it but in about one week, I’ll start my senior year of college. Which I genuinely cannot believe is possible because it seems like just yesterday I moved into my freshman dorm. For me, college has been the most influential three years of my life thus far. I’ve changed and learned more than I ever thought possible.