You know how I said I would be blogging more frequently and then disappeared for like 18 days? I have an excuse! I was totally planning on sitting down and blogging a couple weeks ago, but then we lost power for 19 hours. And I would’ve updated sometime during the rest of that weekend, but I started feeling sick. I think I just had a really bad head cold of something, but I pretty much spent both of those days in bed and doing homework. Then I had a crazy amount of Arabic work and then I was busy studying for my Art History midterm. After that I spent a few days at the Naval Academy attending the ALLIES Roundtable conference, and then the Arabic midterm came. Basically I’ve been super busy and I’m still only a college freshman trying to figure out how to manage my time.
The biggest thing I have to say about the last couple of weeks is that I’m finally settling into a rhythm. I’ve taken some midterms and gotten some papers back and have realized that I’m going to be okay. I feel like I can now confidently say that I can handle this whole college thing. I was definitely a little intimidated before coming here. I basically over analyze everything and was worried, not just about adjusting to college life, but also how I would fit in academically. So I’m happy to report that I finally feel confident that I wasn’t admitted by mistake. The college life adjustment is working out fine too. I’ve found that most of my worrying is pretty pointless. Whenever I start getting a little unhappy about my lack of plans for the weekend, a ton of events start popping up and I suddenly have too much to do.
On a semi-related note, I’ve discovered that one of my favorite things to do in college is attend lectures given by various professional and leaders in their field. I’ve attended a lecture by a forensic geologist, one by a freelance journalist, and another by a former ambassador. I’m starting to learn that at Tufts there is no shortage of interesting people coming to campus all the time. It’s more than just interesting though. These people have had such amazing and dynamic lives. They’ve lived through and experienced so much. I make an effort to go to as many of them as I can because I find them so inspiring. I think they’re a great compliment to what I’m learning in my classes because hearing these people speak gives me the motivation I need to focus on my academics. It makes me want to do well in school so I have opportunities like theirs in the future.
Now I have to get to class so I can’t wrap this post up as well as I’d wanted. But I’m updating! And will continue to update in the future. I promise. (And this is not some boy who cried wolf thing, my time management skills have improved since mid-October.)
