oh hey blog world. sorry i haven't said anything interesting lately, i don't blame you if you forgot about me. finals week + raleigh's wedding + moving out = disorganized chaos, much worse than my usual organized chaos. i successfully failed a couple finals, forgot half my possessions in madison five, ended an old job and started a new/old one (good old ace!), turned grandma j's house into my closet.. not a room the whole house, and got my first tan lines of the summer.
this semester was a beaut, with all i could ask for in a winter semester- having close friends and a chance to be really comfortable being myself around them. so far both my years at byu have followed the same pattern. first i make friends and my social life is somewhat all over the place and i wonder what is going to come of it all, then i settle down and have a group that i always want to be with.
now that i may or may not be half way through my byu education (pending my major and determination).. there's some things i wish i would have known two years ago.
-start off strong, and it will be easier to finish strong.
i wish i would have gotten more involved in the beginning, because now i feel like it will be harder to establish myself. really, this is just fear, but for my personality i would have thrived if i would have jumped right into things.
-don't be afraid to ask for help.
i think this semester particularly taught me that i can't do everything on my own. my last day of this school year i spent ten hours, almost straight, in the math lab studying. i studied for every test in there and i was able to not only do better, but make some random friends along the way. it's just easier to get things done in those horrible things.
-introduce yourself.
don't be a wallflower and wait for people to come to you. if you're at a party, go make friends. simple conversations starters about names, hometowns, and majors can be the start of friendships. or if nothing else you may see them on campus and be able to say hi. if you don't know your neighbors.. get to know them. sometimes you don't really care, but sometimes you'll regret not branching out at the end of the year.
-make a friend in every class.
it makes studying and missing notes so much easier. just do it.
-get your crap figured out.
go to an advisement center and get on a track. even if you don't know your major, have a goal and take classes that matter. this past semester i'm like the business advisement center's #1 client i swear.
-be open minded.
to everything- you major, friends, activities, dates.. try everything and have a good attitude. i used to be so sheltered and i never wanted to venture out of my comfort zone. i didn't like things i wasn't good at and i never wanted to even do some of the things i was good at because i didn't want to disappoint if i wasn't as good as people expected. now i just do them, because who cares? no one is good at everything and no one expects that from you. new hobby this year from doing this- long boarding. thanks for teaching me kenz!
-financially have goals.
sure, you're a poor college student, but you could probably be poorer. i wish i would have taken better care of my money, starting in high school. i would have saved more and spent less. and remember that $2,000+ i got at graduation? i would have put it towards something real. not to say i wasted that money.. i used it for my computer and tuition, but now that i'm going on a study abroad i wish this would have always been a goal of mine and i always would have been putting away a little bit at a time so now i wasn't so desperate to make it work.
-get a mac.
i understand a mac isn't a reasonable computer for everyone, but i know i've had far less problems than friends with pc's. i'm hard on computers and use them a lot so it was an 100% worthwhile investment for me.
maybe you agree, maybe you don't.. but that's what i've learned so far.
viva la summer baby!
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