Lessons Learned and More to Come

So here I am, looking at all of the colleges that I'm looking into on my computer, and then it hits me... Life as I know it will all be altered in less then a year from now; college visits tend to have that effect on a young student such as myself.

The way I see it is that soon everything will make sense, and my future will fall into place... right?

NO.

We all wish it was that easy, don't we. It's a process, not an automatic reset on your life. First, you have to consider your major (that was easy, psychology and sports management, want to be the best coach I can some day). Second, you have to know which college is best for you and your area of study (Keene, Franklin Pierce, Merrimack, St. A's). Third, making the trip to see these colleges and know which one suits you best. Last, but not least, the most terrifying part is applying. Some of you have known me to be an excelent writer, but when it comes to writing something that has to do with the future of my education, that's when it tends to come out sloppy.

For example (and please don't make the same mistake!) I was going into the SAT's, thinking I would breeze right through that 25 minute essay... And what did I end up doing instead? Brainstorming the prompt for 10 minutes, setting up the first two paragraphs for 10 minutes (I mean, come on! In a class room setting I'd be done by now!), and the rest, well... Let's just say I rambled on about how Dicky Eklund's immorale persona was somehow relatable to that of Osama Bin Ladin's (okay, cut me some slack, it was early and there was a thunderstorm that broke away most of my attention... and I was watching "The Fighter" while studying the night before, so Dicky was on the brain).

The point of all this is that it feels like it's getting harder to breath! Life seems so short now, and that degree seems even further away as the pressure of just getting into college seems as difficult as finding Bigfoot! So who's with me? We're only so young for so long, and this freedom that we have won't last forever. We should soak it all in before we're blown away with the wind.

This is the part where you have an epiphany, take a deep breath, and relax...

It will all be okay once you figure out that the fun doesn't have to stop just because you're education is going to go beyond what you learned in High School.