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It's funny how things turn out.
A few weeks before my 13th birthday my parents called me into the other room and told me they were thinking of moving to florida. Like good parents they asked my opinion of the matter and I was gung-ho for the adventure. I remember having a sense of disappointment at leaving all of my wonderful friends behind. I contemplated writing each and everyone of them a letter explaining how I'd miss them. On my last day of class at Hayes Middle School in Grand Ledge, Michigan the guy who had a locker next to me, Scott Cornell, said to me "well I guess this is good-bye forever" and I remember thinking to myself, of course it isnt, these are my childhood friends they'll be with me everywhere I go.
So we moved and I gradually lost contact wtih each and every person I held dear in my developmental years, except a lone buddy. Initially I hated Florida. I was the guy everyone knew at my middle school, I was popular wtihout being "popular" and all of the sudden I was thrown into the shark tank and forced to fend for myself. I was the leper and aside from a few random acts of kindness I really struggled. I hated Florida, I yearned for friends and comfortability.
Fast forward to my Senior year of high school.
At graduation I looked at all of the people who had meant so much to me over the past four years and I found myself making the same promise. This time I kept the promise to a number of friends and I have managed to keep in touch wtih quite a few people, but at the same time I have lost contact wtih a number of people who meant so much to me in high school and this is hard to deal with.
Now all of the sudden college feels like its coming to an end. I realize that I'm likely getting my Masters here next year and then Law School may follow but that isnt the same as the carefree sloth that every undergrad student adopts as a way of life,
Call it immaturity but I'm flat out not ready to be an adult. I hear the argument that some of my friends are ready to get real jobs and ready to start families but for some reason I cant bring myself to this. More startling is the fact that the concept of my own family feels more like a punishment than a gift. I dont want to come home from a long day of work to a nagging wife and problems with my snot nosed brats.
The point of all this is I understand we're all growing up and as the adage says "it goes in a hurry" but I really want to take a step back and look at how easy it is too lose sight of what is really important. Yes careers and families are going to be huge in our lives to come but why waste today worrying so much about tomorrow?
I am going to embrace college and embrace my college friends because I've seen first hand how quickly things that are important to you today flee tomorrow.
Lets get wasted
A few weeks before my 13th birthday my parents called me into the other room and told me they were thinking of moving to florida. Like good parents they asked my opinion of the matter and I was gung-ho for the adventure. I remember having a sense of disappointment at leaving all of my wonderful friends behind. I contemplated writing each and everyone of them a letter explaining how I'd miss them. On my last day of class at Hayes Middle School in Grand Ledge, Michigan the guy who had a locker next to me, Scott Cornell, said to me "well I guess this is good-bye forever" and I remember thinking to myself, of course it isnt, these are my childhood friends they'll be with me everywhere I go.
So we moved and I gradually lost contact wtih each and every person I held dear in my developmental years, except a lone buddy. Initially I hated Florida. I was the guy everyone knew at my middle school, I was popular wtihout being "popular" and all of the sudden I was thrown into the shark tank and forced to fend for myself. I was the leper and aside from a few random acts of kindness I really struggled. I hated Florida, I yearned for friends and comfortability.
Fast forward to my Senior year of high school.
At graduation I looked at all of the people who had meant so much to me over the past four years and I found myself making the same promise. This time I kept the promise to a number of friends and I have managed to keep in touch wtih quite a few people, but at the same time I have lost contact wtih a number of people who meant so much to me in high school and this is hard to deal with.
Now all of the sudden college feels like its coming to an end. I realize that I'm likely getting my Masters here next year and then Law School may follow but that isnt the same as the carefree sloth that every undergrad student adopts as a way of life,
Call it immaturity but I'm flat out not ready to be an adult. I hear the argument that some of my friends are ready to get real jobs and ready to start families but for some reason I cant bring myself to this. More startling is the fact that the concept of my own family feels more like a punishment than a gift. I dont want to come home from a long day of work to a nagging wife and problems with my snot nosed brats.
The point of all this is I understand we're all growing up and as the adage says "it goes in a hurry" but I really want to take a step back and look at how easy it is too lose sight of what is really important. Yes careers and families are going to be huge in our lives to come but why waste today worrying so much about tomorrow?
I am going to embrace college and embrace my college friends because I've seen first hand how quickly things that are important to you today flee tomorrow.
Lets get wasted