The College Life...so far...

The view from my dorm....

Running in the morning...

My room!!!

So the college life... my first class starts at 11 so I figured I should blog something to update y'all what I have been up to since summer ended. Oh and on a side note, I am eating oatmeal while typing this out! =) #healthy! 

Moving into dorms and starting my college life has been... not difficult but not easy. I have been blessed with awesome roommates and hall mates. There are so many things to join (clubs, events, fellowships, sororities, adventures) but already I feel like I overloaded my schedule even before school officially started. Something that was difficult for me these past few days was "socializing". The way that my college has set up socializing events is a simple, name-year-where you live-what major are you. Anything after that either gets awkward or the person just moves on to ask the next person the same questions. It was difficult making actual conversation...or more so, meaningful conversation. This aspect of college stood out to me very early on and contributed to me feeling a little homesick and missing familiar faces. 

Granted there are other things that contribute to an awkward conversation but my point is to cherish the people you can talk to and those conversations you have. You see, words can go a long way and so a lack of words can also go a long way. I challenge you today, go out and talk to someone- someone new. Make a new friend or a couple of friends. Go out of your comfort zone. You never know, you might just meet someone or hear something that will stick with you forever. Plus! I will be doing that for the next 4 years in college so hey! 

“The art of conversation is the art of hearing as well as of being heard.” 
― William Hazlitt, Selected Essays, 1778-1830

-Charlie 

So I am probably going to share some random encounters of my college life but  I would love to hear your stories too! 

Oh, just in case anyone was wondering (nobody cares!), I finished my oatmeal! =)