It's winter break. One eighth of my undergraduate career is finished. It went by extremely fast. During my first semester, I surpassed my GPA goal(which was a 3.5). I signed a lease for an apartment for next year. I swam 2 miles in 1 hour. I failed a few quizzes (Don't worry too much, I got a "B" in the class). I had pizza delivered for the first time. I got to know some pretty cool professors. I put off washing my laundry for longer-than-normally-accepted times. I was annoyed with my nocturnal roommate. I watched as some people struggled with college-level coursework while others easily comprehended and understood it. I spent way too much time watching videos on youtube.com. I helped give pancakes to people at 2am. I put a carved pumpkin on my high school guidance counselor's house. I experienced a cadaver lab.
Obviously my first semester has been full of new experiences here are a few things that I learned:
1.) Meeting your GPA goal feels absolutely amazing when you find out on Christmas eve.
2.) Showing up to work on time and doing your job makes your boss like you.
I always thought this was logic, but apparently not everyone does this.
3.) Talking to your professors helps a lot.
Large schools frequently get a bad rap about letting students getting lost in the system, but I learned that the professors generally want to talk to the students, they just have to be sought out.
4.) Signing a lease for an apartment makes you feel more like an adult.
Yes, I signed a lease for an apartment which made me feel like an adult for about 10 minutes and then I was right back to my pseudo-adulthood life. :P I'll always be a kid. :)
5.) Exercise.
I feel better and sleep better when I exercise. This should be motivation to exercise for me, but I'm still fairly bad at doing this on a regular basis.
6.) When your roommate becomes nocturnal, just roll with it.
7.) When your roommate smells funny and makes your room smell funny, just pray for a stuffy nose or buy an air freshner.
Asking another pseudo-adult to shower was a conversation I didn't want to have.
8.) Help others when you see them struggle with coursework if they will accept your help.
It helps you understand it better and they might even appreciate it.
9.) Be selective with what you'll spend your time on. Youtube is great. Life experience is better.
10.) It's okay to wait one more day to do laundry. Really. Just leave it. (that is until it starts to smell like your roommate)
11.) Doing something that gets your feet wet in what you have to look forward to gives you more motivation.
For me, this was the cadaver lab. It gave me a damp toes and a little more motivation to work hard to get to medical school. For other people that may be job shadowing or finding an internship. If you can't get excited about your future, you may want to reevaluate your goals.
12.) Talk to people....some of them are cool and talking to them makes it worth talking to the ones that aren't quite as awesome. :)
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