5 Truths of College Life

Dear Readers,

As most of you know, I have been embracing the college life for the last six months and it has been an eye-opener in many aspects. When we think of “college” all we really think of is freedom and having a social life since we’re fresh out of the hell of Leaving Cert. However, we’re not long past fresher’s week when we realise that there is much more to this freedom and “getting a degree” than we expected. Suddenly we have to feed ourselves actual meals, fit in study around our new freedom, and make decisions between Nutella and vegetables and Netflix or sleep. Here are some of the truths I have discovered about college:

 

Early Mornings are Back.
We thought college would be different. That school was the only place cruel enough to have you up before 8am. You wake up each morning thinking SURELY it’s not morning again. It can’t be. Before you’re even out of it, you stare longingly at your bed, promising you won’t be long – you’ll be back the minute your lecture ends. You begin to question your motives for attending college. Do I need a degree? You know, if we all get degrees, there’ll be no-one to run the corner shops or the cafes. I could just stay right here under my duvet and live a wonderful life on the income of a waitress. Yes.

The Venn Diagram of College Life.
Few have learned how to master it. Those who have are rare and royal. And we hate them. This diagram holds so much truth of the struggle of college life. Choose two, forget the other. Change it up. There’s no way around this diagram really. A picture speaks a thousand words. Let’s face it – most of us end up in the zombie category.

And not necessarily from partying.
Actually, rarely from partying. We’re actually quite able to bounce back from a night out. We knew what we were getting into – we accept the consequences. Majority of the time the tiredness is a result of binge-watching episodes on Netflix and staying up talking to your friends. Here returns the new responsibility of deciding whether or not to be an adult. The decision to be mature is rare and the decision to stay in pyjamas and do nothing (literally) is all too frequent.

The thoughts of dropping out as finals week creeps closer.
I didn’t expect this to actually happen but as deadlines all became one week and exams remained un-studied it becomes logical to assume dropping out and returning next September would be a whole lot easier than catching up on the amount of work you haven’t done. You think about the probability of meeting a doctor-in-the-making and marrying him and it’s a whole lot higher than the probability of getting your work done.

Actually Choosing What to Wear Everyday.
You’re fresh out of school and stuffy uniforms and you are ready to wow the world with your style. You’ve waited a whole fourteen years to show people your wardrobe. However, this usually lasts about a week, maybe two. By then you’ve shown the people that you can look human. Tracksuits, hoodies, leggings and scraped back hair will do for the rest of semester. Perhaps the odd day here or there you’ll make the effort and brush your hair but for the majority of the time you just can’t be bothered.

And there you have it. The 5 truths of college. Hopefully I’m not alone in all of this. I’m sure we’ll all end up with degrees – let’s just enjoy it while we can. I’m sure it’s not now that’s the difficult part… That probably comes when we actually need to earn a living. Oh God. I’ll leave you with that.

Love,
Kerry xx