Reflections on my college experience

For the last three months, I have lived thousands of miles away from my hometown. At the beginning, it was easy for me as I was very excited about being in a new place with new people and without my parent’s rules. I loved the idea of being by myself and living under my own rules. However, a couple of weeks later it all changed. I realized that the change was not as easy as I expected. Living away from home is much more than freedom and it takes a lot of independence and motivation. During these months, I have discovered many things about myself. I have to admit, it has not been easy for me but I have managed to survive them. I did not achieve much academically, but I did discover many things about myself that will help me become a stronger person. Because of different situations in the past, I have not been emotionally stable for the last years of my life. However, I did not fully understand why I was sometimes feeling depressed and acting the way I was. Today, I clearly understand that going through my parent’s divorce as such an early age greatly affected me and made me grow as a weak and sentimental individual. I now know that I need to learn how to be an independent woman. I need to learn from my mistakes and learn how to deal with my emotions. I need to separate the different aspects of my life and not let one interfere with another. That specifically has been my greatest weakness along the years since I have constantly let my emotional problems get in the way of my personal relationships and my academic career. In order to change this, I believe I should use my studies as my therapy. By doing this, I will have my mind concentrated on my academic career. Therefore, I will earn good grades and that will make me feel proud about myself.