University Life

I mentioned in my last blog that I had left home for the wilderness of Scotland, to return to university. I am now a fourth year student, which brings with it new challenges (Yes yes, I am freaking out about my dissertation already, please don't remind me), but also means that I have settled into university life. I know a lot of people are just starting university this year (including my brother. God I feel so old), so I thought I would share what I have learnt these past few years:

1.  You will get massively homesick. I still miss home loads, especially my family and my hilarious friends. I try to keep in contact with them as much as possible, and I try to make my uni home as homely as possible. My favourite thing about my room is my photo wall, full of pictures of all the people I love.

   

   I love photos and this wall just makes me smile. I have added to it over the years to include all of my family and friends from different parts of my life.

2. You will make friends. I was sure I was going to become a social outcast and nobody would like me, but everyone is thinking the same thing so you all kind of bond over mutual terrifidness.                        
3. Doing things that terrify you is a good idea (unless its like, walking somewhere dodgey alone at night. Don't do that.) I went to Madagascar for a month with a bunch of people I hadn't met before and it was the best thing I have ever done. University is such a good time to do something crazy like that, and you will remember it for the rest of your life even if your bank account hates you at the time. Do it.

   

   Me with a baobab tree in Madagascar

4. You probably shouldn't be allowed full responsibility of your life. The other day I realised I still didn't really know how to use washing powder and I have been washing my own clothes for THREE YEARS. (I am actually pretty certain that this feeling of not knowing how the hell to be an adult will always be there. I have realised now that everyone else is just winging it).

   

   Seriously, what are all the different draws for? I hate washing.

5. Going to university feels like the most daunting part of your life when you do it. Then you get to your last year and you realise that deciding what to do afterwards is about a million times worse.