Compare & Contrast

As this semester comes to the end, I can’t help but compare it to the last semester’s end and final week. By comparing the two semesters I can see how much growth I have made. There is a great contrast between the two semesters and I’m much happier now. I am much closer to many of my goals I want to achieve in college: finding the right major for me, finding myself, making lifetime friends, and becoming independent from my parents.
 

First semester… I don’t like thinking about it to be honest. It was ‌ rough for me. First, my parents are my best friends and so are my siblings. I am a complete home body. This is the first time I’ve been away from them. I have two older siblings who have both graduated and have successfully “adulted.” The first few months I called my mom more than twice a day. I was struggling to get by in my classes, and I decided to try out for the varsity lacrosse team. Lacrosse has always been an outlet for me, but I found myself stressing about lacrosse too. By the time finals week came, I was bed ridden and did what I had to pass my finals. I remember the week before finals I called my mom, and for the first time I let her hear me burst into tears. I ‌ broke down. She said, “you got this just get through finals.”
 
This semester has been a 360. That also isn’t an exaggeration. I would love to relive this semester all over again. I changed my major and took classes in different subjects without feeling the pressure to like them. I took what I wanted to try. My classes went great this semester, and as finals approach next week I’m telling myself, “You got this.”
 
Something that definitely improved this semester was growing close friends. I never would have guessed that I would have grown closer to my teammates like I have. I now have a home away from home and a new lacrosse family. I think part of my problem first semester was I missed my high school team so much that I couldn’t accept a new team. I love my teammates here at Geneseo now, and don’t know what I would do without them.
 
This semester has been amazing and I can’t wait to see what’s in store for my future here at Geneseo. It’s reassuring that I must be doing something right if I don’t want to leave this time. I am writing this blog post to reflect and appreciate all that I have. I am truly blessed, and glad that I have grown stronger through my time here.

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