First Year Lessons
What I Found to be True at LMU
Some days will be awful. You will sleep well past 10am, wake up, eat junk food, struggle through homework, drown in loneliness, and still feel tired. Tests are harder and longer, and there are no worksheets for homework.
Some days will be the best days of your life. The cafeteria lady will forget to charge you for the avocado on your sandwich, and the line at Jamba Juice will be short. You will fall in love with people you meet for only five minutes, and you will find a quote in class that speaks to your soul.
Your roommate will learn more about you than any other person, whether you like it or not. From your groans of frustration to your strange nighttime habits, nothing is censored when it comes to the proximity of college living. This can spawn great friendships or painful divisions. Aim for the first one, but do not stress about it too much. All roommates have good, bad, and great memories in the end.
Your roommate will learn more about you than any other person, whether you like it or not. From your groans of frustration to your strange nighttime habits, nothing is censored when it comes to the proximity of college living. This can spawn great friendships or painful divisions. Aim for the first one, but do not stress about it too much. All roommates have good, bad, and great memories in the end.
Your professors will become your most trusted advisors. Office hours turn into conversations, developing mentorships that will support not only your academics but your personal life. Cherish these moments because there will be two goodbyes for every hello. Professors leave, students transfer, friends graduate. The people you hold dear will come and go long before you are ready to let them leave.
Friendships from high school fade away, and the loss is painful, but quickly replaced by the excitement of new people. Your friends will change from semester to semester, based on classes, jobs, and extracurriculars, so the passage of people in and out of your life will never slow. The pain of losing those you love, even for a moment, does not dissipate, but you will become accustomed to adapting and finding new friends. As for the ones who leave, it proves to be a true test of friendship, for hearts can stay connected even from thousands of miles away.
The days will pass slowly, but time flies by, and if you blink, you might miss an opportunity. Fear not, for there are thousands every day. Take advantage of the ones you can, but do not be afraid to let the others go. Finding a balance is most important.
Certain things will never get old. These include: sunsets, ice cream at midnight, dancing to relieve stress, and laughter over the absurdities of quasi-adulthood. Enjoy every minute of these, for they make the hardships pale in comparison.
Friendships from high school fade away, and the loss is painful, but quickly replaced by the excitement of new people. Your friends will change from semester to semester, based on classes, jobs, and extracurriculars, so the passage of people in and out of your life will never slow. The pain of losing those you love, even for a moment, does not dissipate, but you will become accustomed to adapting and finding new friends. As for the ones who leave, it proves to be a true test of friendship, for hearts can stay connected even from thousands of miles away.
The days will pass slowly, but time flies by, and if you blink, you might miss an opportunity. Fear not, for there are thousands every day. Take advantage of the ones you can, but do not be afraid to let the others go. Finding a balance is most important.
Certain things will never get old. These include: sunsets, ice cream at midnight, dancing to relieve stress, and laughter over the absurdities of quasi-adulthood. Enjoy every minute of these, for they make the hardships pale in comparison.
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