A letter to myself, 4 years ago, as I am graduating high school
There's a lot I wish I could tell you. First and foremost, stop talking about how excited you are to move away and start college. Seriously. I think you might have really hurt Dad with the countdowns and the last this and that. You'll miss him someday. It may take a while. You're going to keep fighting with him. But in the end, he takes care of you how ever he can. Stop being excited about leaving and just enjoy that last summer with him and the dog.
Now you're going off to college and it's going to be the most terrifying thing you do all on your own. Stop being the scared freshman. There are going to be much scarier things you'll do later but you're going to have a rough time because you don't start off with a little courage. Just step up and get going because hiding from the world and wishing you're home just makes it harder. Turn around and face the waves before they get too big.
Seriously, study. You may have been awesome in high school but college is hard. Like really hard. You would be graduating today if you had worked your ass off but you aren't and you'll be sad to see all the facebook statuses and pictures as your pledge class moves on and you're in the same place. Just study and get it done. Be decisive. There is plenty of time later to try other degrees and explore other jobs. But you'll never get any where if you don't get that first one done. So just study. Make a plan and follow through. Don't fall apart so close to the end of the semester because as hard as it is, it's harder the more you have to do it.
You have so much to do before you graduate. You have to grow before you can understand all of this. I am not you anymore. But I wish I could explain to you how important all of these lessons are. You will have more fun than you can ever imagine in the next four years and you will be a little happy that you will have one more year to savor and try new stuff. But you might not have need it if you try harder.
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