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BY ANGELICA PFLEIDER
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Monday, February 20, 2017
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TWO MORE months to go. Two more months and this stage of my life will be over (hopefully if le thesis doesn’t think otherwise.) It surprises me how much time flies. It seems just like yesterday I was a nervous little 17-year-old stepping into a new world. Now I’ll be leaving it soon to step into a new world and a new life.
I remember how intimidated I was before about everything; the new school, the new faces, the new classes, the schedule, and the new environment all together. When I look back at that time and think of that nervous girl, I can’t help but shake my head in disbelief. I have gotten so comfortable with my college routine that I can’t imagine myself leaving it behind.
I took all those years for granted and just let them fly by. There was a time when I allowed some personal issues to cloud my mind instead of just savoring every moment of every day. There was a time when stress ruled my life instead of just chilling and enjoying the time with my friends and school mates. Now time is just going to go faster and faster the deeper we are delving into our thesis. There will come a time when our minds will be on nothing else and before we know it, April is at our doorstep.
There were some things I wish I could have done better and some things I wish I actually DID during the last four years. However, I have found that letting those feelings haunt you day in and day out won’t help you improve. That’s what made my college days fly by so fast. I was so engrossed in the past and the future that I took the present for granted.
Now I know better. Yes, the next stage (if I pass this one) is scary and maybe a little bit more difficult, but that’s how it was for me when I first started college. Look at me now, I’m still alive and kicking. Every day you go through is a test but it’s nothing that you can’t handle. You have your friends and family to help you, your faith, your hopes and your dreams to support you, your will power and love to inspire you, and you have the lessons you learned from past mistakes to guide you through each stage of life.
The first step you just need to do to start the next stage is just move forward./PN
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