I Really Need Milk

So busy! Definitely for the best right now.   

Last week in freshman Honor's Forum, we were spoken to about our college degrees and how to set ourselves apart from the thousands of other people who are working for the very same degrees.  He didn't go in the direction I was expecting, thankfully.  He told us, "Your college experience should not be a collection of knowledge and skills; it should be a transformation."  The guest speaker shared with us excerpts from his own life to encourage us to take small concepts that we're passionate about and run with them.  It really surprised me to hear how such small things - his wife deciding to get a dog, his realizing that the Chinese had their own school on the Mississippi River -  radically changed his life.  And I could tell those things only changed him because he was willing to see each event as an opportunity.  He really lived his statement that "a class can't transform you; an experience can."

Something that I related to in his lecture was his adamance that we students should travel and join organizations that actually interest us.  He also prescribed a healthy dose of volunteerism during our college career.  In  this way, not only will we avoid being one-dimensional on paper, I think we will also become more fulfilled as people.  Like a true aspiring writer, I like to understand things that don't necessarily pertain to me, and I'm really excited to grow and learn and follow my passion during college. I have found that sometimes this means trying out new, if not random things, just for a broader scope on life.