I would definitely feel comfortable calling this experience of entering college as a freshman a journey. In fact, it has made me reflect on my first day of high school, yet another journey of mine. Comparing these two journeys, though similar in that they regard my education, are completely different stages of my life, leading me in very different directions. I remember feeling only slightly anxious to begin my high school career. I mainly felt excited to spend an extra four years with some of my best friends, and begin forging new friendships with people I now happily call my best friends. I was ready to explore my extracurricular interests, and felt open to learning new areas of education that I had yet to fully experience. I was, however, faintly sad at the thought of my day ending promptly at 5:10 Monday through Thursday, and very sad at the prospect of losing touch with my friends that would not be joining me at SAR High School. Now, a month into college, I think back to my first day spent here at List College. This time around my journey felt very different from my high school beginning. This time I came into college not knowing anyone, and feeling more than a little sad at the thought of my best friends being thousands of miles away in another country. There was plenty of fear, but a large amount of excitement as well at the thought of embarking on an adventure that my friends won’t be experiencing until a year from now. It’s definitely been a journey thus far trying to balance a social life with not just one school, but two. It’s definitely been an adventure balancing my old life with the new one seeming to settle in now. It’s been a voyage planning my day accordingly, seeing as I no longer end class at 5:10. Whatever this journey has in store for me, I’m very excited to be pursuing it, living it, and learning from it each and every step of the way.
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