I am a college student and a blogger managing both can be a little complicated. Time is limited, exhaustion can take over my mind and body, creativity and motivation dim down as stress and anxiety rise. It is a roller coaster of emotions and a battle of who get more time and focus on me, and my heart breaks because I want to do well in both. I have officially started the Spring Semester and it is rare for me to feel this motivated and in love with what I will be learning. To be fair, I am now taking courses focused on my major so that is a contributing factor to my happiness. Anyways, I had an idea to begin a blog series about college. I want to use this to express whatever thoughts and feelings I am having about college each month. I could say that it's purpose is to write about the college experience in hope to be of helpful advice but I don't know if it will be or not. The honest truth is that I get to rant and let out whatever I am feeling at the moment, all the ups and downs and truths about the college life. It is the perfect way to combine blogging and college plus I am able to help my mental health most importantly. Without further ado, I happily introduce to you, The College Diaries.
January
New year, new goals, new semester.
It has officially started, this thing called college. It's been only a week and I feel pretty great about it. I am taking all history classes, which I know to many people this sounds like absolute horror, but it is a part of my happy place at heart. I felt very motivated and almost fearless going the first day, definitely different but in a very good way. The professors seem pretty cool, they are nice, and they all use sarcasm! I did feel a bit overwhelm with all the work I will be doing but then looking at the topics I know I am going to enjoy it.
I am about to geek out so this is your notice. Two of the classes I am taking are History of Immigration and Ethnic Groups and History of Women in Latin America. They are beyond relevant to what is going on in the world today and they both present detail and information of holes that have been left in earlier history. Filling gaps and giving back rightful presence and impact to people who were long forgotten is inspiring and only proves that the more you think you know, the less you really know.
There is no doubt I made the right decision switching to History, it inspires me, it makes me happy, it makes me wonder, it makes me crave more knowledge, it is fulfilling. I had an epiphany this week on why I love history so much. When I was interested in Psychology I was fascinated by the idea of studying human behavior, how we work, why we act and think a certain way and it is the same things that make me love history. As a historian, I get to study the story of humanity, about people who live thousands of years ago and their influence in today's world. What I realized was that as small as it may seem I write my history here in my blog, whether is for hundreds or only a couple it is still kinda cool to think about.
I have a positive outlook for the semester, and I hope this motivation and excitement only grows through the semester.
Until next month,
