Dear 18 year old me,
You will be okay. In fact, you will be more than okay. You will be successful.
Things may not always go your way. You are facing a difficult transition right now, moving back home and starting coursework at Oakland University after being unhappy as a student at Grand Valley State University. In facing this transition, it will prepare you for future transitions and times of uncertainty.
What you don't realize yet is how becoming a student at Oakland University will change your life and course forever. I know you said you would never follow in your mother or father's footsteps (meaning you would not attend Western Michigan or Oakland), but it is okay to follow in one of their footsteps. You may end up with a degree in business, but your direction will change again. Your work experiences will shape who you will become and the struggles you face and surpass as an undergraduate will prepare you for the hurdles and traps that you will overcome as a graduate student.
You are strong, independent, persistent, spunky, sassy, and your sense of humor will be your life raft. You'll move out of state when you least expected yourself to be ready. You'll meet new people that will change your life for the better. The people who you thought would be your support may no longer be in your life, but they will be replaced by people who sincerely care about you, your future, and helping you to reach your goals and dreams. They will be located all over the country by the time you are done with graduate school. They may not be the people you leaned on for support as an undergraduate, as people show their true colors and you will learn difficult lessons that will help you in your professional development in the future.
The road ahead is not the easiest, nor is it the straightest road you will ever travel. But if life was simple and easy, then what is the point of traveling onward? Change is a necessary part of life, but with change comes new adventures, colleagues, stories, and laughter. Keep your head held high, sense of humor in tact, and everything will fall into place. Eventually. Like it always was meant to be.
Kristen
Several other bloggers that I've read inspired me to try to participate in this blog writing month. Today's prompt: December 1: #reverbbroads11 Prompt: "If the you of today could go back in time and give advice to any of the previous yous, which age would you visit and what would you tell them?"
You will be okay. In fact, you will be more than okay. You will be successful.
Things may not always go your way. You are facing a difficult transition right now, moving back home and starting coursework at Oakland University after being unhappy as a student at Grand Valley State University. In facing this transition, it will prepare you for future transitions and times of uncertainty.
What you don't realize yet is how becoming a student at Oakland University will change your life and course forever. I know you said you would never follow in your mother or father's footsteps (meaning you would not attend Western Michigan or Oakland), but it is okay to follow in one of their footsteps. You may end up with a degree in business, but your direction will change again. Your work experiences will shape who you will become and the struggles you face and surpass as an undergraduate will prepare you for the hurdles and traps that you will overcome as a graduate student.
You are strong, independent, persistent, spunky, sassy, and your sense of humor will be your life raft. You'll move out of state when you least expected yourself to be ready. You'll meet new people that will change your life for the better. The people who you thought would be your support may no longer be in your life, but they will be replaced by people who sincerely care about you, your future, and helping you to reach your goals and dreams. They will be located all over the country by the time you are done with graduate school. They may not be the people you leaned on for support as an undergraduate, as people show their true colors and you will learn difficult lessons that will help you in your professional development in the future.
The road ahead is not the easiest, nor is it the straightest road you will ever travel. But if life was simple and easy, then what is the point of traveling onward? Change is a necessary part of life, but with change comes new adventures, colleagues, stories, and laughter. Keep your head held high, sense of humor in tact, and everything will fall into place. Eventually. Like it always was meant to be.
Kristen
Several other bloggers that I've read inspired me to try to participate in this blog writing month. Today's prompt: December 1: #reverbbroads11 Prompt: "If the you of today could go back in time and give advice to any of the previous yous, which age would you visit and what would you tell them?"
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