Reflect. Learn. Be: The Preface

Not all of us have the commodity that Elizabeth Gilbert had when she took a year off of her life and traveled the world in order to find herself, writing Eat, Pray, Love in the processes.  By the time we reach college we are in a point in our lives were serious questions arise: Who am I? Where am I going to be in five years? Is this really meant for me? College is the bridge that connects adolescence and adulthood, a period of our lives where experimenting is key to discover the universe. What a better place to discover yourself than a university, an institution that received it’s name by the Latin word universitas which means a whole, the universe. It is a pity that studying has lost a lot of meaning in modern society; before, it was done because people were genuinely eager to learn about the world they live in, now many students study to pass a class and get a degree. By attending a university you have the diverse knowledge at your fingertips, classes of any and every faculty are offered and it is up to you and yourself only to take advantage of the opportunities and truly learn, not only in classes but in your every day life.

The American poet David Budbill once said, “Struggle is what it means to be alive and free” a line that can be easily related to the journey that many go through to find themselves.  It is not an easy task and it won’t happen in a week either. To be able to learn earnestly about yourself you have to be conscious of everything you do, be willing to improve and apply life lessons. It is possible, that between all the chaos that awaits us on campus, to find peace within yourself. Try and love the questions that are arising, analyze them and live the question in order to get the answer that is needed. Also stay grounded be sure to surround yourself with people who truly care about you, if not a social person occupy your time with the things that you believe define your persona. Most important of all learn that you are never truly done, over time you will change, growing every step of the way.

As finding yourself is not an easy task, writing about it is not brief work. So collegiettes be sure to stay tuned because this entry is just the start of a series addressing those pressing existential questions that keep you up at night. 

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