Moving to A New Place

One of the most difficult choices we face in life is the decision to move to a new place, away from home. For some, it means moving in with a roommate or a girlfriend or boyfriend, and for others it means moving to college dorm life. Nobody prepares you for what you will experience in college. High school was supposed to be the time of our lives, but really, I think college is the time of our lives.
College is a time of creating yourself. Discovering your true values and morals. You are tested beyond your capacity in college, and I’m not talking about academically. College introduces you to all types of lifestyles. You learn that not everybody is as neat and tidy as you. You learn that there are many world-views and perspectives that you would have never thought of before. Most importantly, you learn how to be away and independent of your family.
There should be a handbook given to every incoming freshman about what life on campus is really like. Nobody told me that I would need to be extremely focused in order to get my work done. Nobody taught me the laundry etiquette rules. Nobody told me that eating at the same location week after week would desensitize me to “bad” food. Then again, nobody told me that I would meet my second family in college; my family away from home. Without my friends I would not have made it through college. Nobody told me that the support and encouragement from my professors would allow me to be the best that I can be. You know what? I’m happy that I never had a specific handbook about college. I would rather learn the hard way anyways.