Understanding life at University
- Rabia
- Oct 16, 2016
- 2 min read
Hey guys,
So I am about exactly a month into university now, and the past month has definitely been eventful and overwhelming. I have moved out over 100 miles from home, but for some reason I have adapted with ease in a sense that I am not homesick. Undeniably I thought that missing home was something that I would struggle with because being the youngest and having never left home, I thought the independence and change of environment would have got me. Thankfully not.
I have a really good flat, we all get on and we're all so diverse in so many different aspects which I really like, its like a breath of fresh air when you compare it to the same faces back in your home town. My family have been so supported of everything: moving out, settling in and recovering from the horrible freshers flu (take it from me first hand, it exists and its very powerful).
Freshers is definitely hyped up a lot, I would say to lower your expectations for it and also just for advice in general... Prepare yourself for anything and everything that will be thrown at you. The process of going to university is very much a 'learn on the go' situation, the jump from a-levels to uni will definitely hit you but you have to keep up otherwise it's so easy to fall back.
Try to be sensible with your decisions, even with something as little as your actions and your finances for example, but have as much fun as you can.
Coming to university was not something I took seriously, purely because I didn't want to attend in the first place and do a course I didn't want to do. Unfortunately its happened to be exactly what I've done by coming here and studying for my international business and economics BSc degree. In an ideal world I would be in the media field doing what I love to do- film-making and photographing and just building my own portfolio so that I could get a job I love after bettering my skills.
I take this as a learning curve, an insight of what adult life is really like and how some of us are not always cut out for it immediately. I have definitely had my fair share of internal struggles and indecisiveness, and it all feels detrimental at the minute for sure because i've been kicking myself about my life choices at only eighteen. I'm just torn between what I think will help me in the future vs what I want to do and excel in.
I am going to try do as many blogposts that I can, although I'm sure it won't be many, but I felt like this was just one way for me to release some stress and vent in a sense.
Thanks to whomever took out the time to read this
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