The Final Countdown

The summer is winding down at an alarming rate, and I can say for sure that I am ready and excited to begin my final year of undergraduate study at Tufts. I have learned a lot about myself in the past few weeks; most of these things I am relearning and trying to focus on in the coming months in order to improve myself and my life.

First, I am re-recognizing the importance of journaling and writing in my life. As a child I was not a fan of the writing sections of my schooling, but as I learned about different types of written works (including writing about things I love) I began to enjoy putting my thoughts to the page. After a few bumps in the road, I have been doing less and less review and journalistic writing to the point where I haven’t written anything worth publishing in over 6 months. I find now that in order to keep myself going, I must write. This includes keeping a journal of my life, as well as working on writing from a newsworthy standpoint. I need to be able to look back at this time of my life in the future and remember all that I was doing and feeling (this, of course, besides the obvious benefit of allowing myself to put feelings down in writing when I might be keeping them bottled inside of me). I need to keep up with this, and any encouragement is appreciated.

Second, I found that I need to stop being to hard on myself and accept the fact that some things are beyond my control and can’t be changed.

Third, I have to remember to take charge of my life and not allow others to push me in a direction I am unsure about or displeased by.

These lessons are worth remembering and taking note of in my life as I approach the next big part of my existence: adulthood. It’s a scary thought, especially since I realize that I am living in a delicate bubble which will burst to the culture shock of living life outside of the normal comforts and protections of my current surroundings. Hopefully I will be able to experience a lot of new things, make mistakes, learn from them, and mature further into the person I have always wanted to become.

Cheers.