well fam, its official. i am no longer a freshman at byu. (!!!!)
how the heck did this year go by sooo fast?! i'm typing this as i'm laying on my bed back home in washington, wondering how come i feel like my parents dropped my off yesterday?? it was one of the most challenging (emotionally, physically, spiritually) and fun years that i have ever had! i can only think of a few things that i would change if i could.
anyways, i thought that i would make a little list of things that i learned after eight months of living away from home & going to school in another state. so here it goesss:
1) ask for help when you need it. seriously, could not have survived my chem classes this year without help!
2) i learned all the words to fergalicious and to kiss my through the phone. hahah only took me this long. as you can see it was quite the educational year(;
3) heavenly father is real. he loves you. and he wants to help you with whatever it is that you need.
4) okay so when your school's team makes a huge comeback and wins the homecoming football game and the whole entire student section (literally thousands of kids) starts running down the bleachers and jumps over the barricade and into the football field YOU DO IT TOO!!!!
5) i learned how to use E=mc^2 in my chem class. no big deal. and honestly, it probably wasn't a big deal to most people but it was to me. i felt so smart!
6) if you get a D on a midterm, its gonna be okay. even if its that lowest score on a test you've ever gotten, your life will not be ruined!!! just don't get a D on your final (don't have experience with that one and hopefully never will. just saying, it's probably not a good idea.)
7) call your parents. and your little sister.
8) it's okay to not have plans every night in college. that being said,
9) say yessss to everything that you can!!! & honestly, you're gonna be poor anyways so don't be afraid to spend some money. again, that being said,
10) your grades ARE important!!! so study for your tests and write your papers before the day they're due.
11) make new friends. lots and lots of them. but remember your friends from home. cause you are who you are because of them.
12) get a good pair of rainboots. and probably an umbrella.
13) make sure to make time to go on a run or something!!! best stress reliever.
16) everything in your life happens for a reason!
15) if you're dating someone, great! if you're not, that's great too! it's not a measure of your attractiveness, smartness, or anything else.
i think that i could go on for a long time, but i think i'm just gonna stop right there cause if i kept going, you might not get to experience learning it for yourself once you get there too! my freshman year was amazing & i will forever love the friends and memories i made. i can't wait for the next threeish more years or so at byu! oh, and go cougs!!!
