Studying for Life Rewrite

New school, new classes, and new teachers. Going to college was something that I have looked forward to for so long. Ever since I was young I knew that studying hard in high school meant you were studying for your future in a certain college. Well now I’m here and it’s a whole lot different than I expected. Instead of studying for my future in a different school, I’m studying for my future in life.

College is great don't get me wrong, but there's something about the fact that you are studying for your own success in your future. With no limits or parents there to tell you what to do it’s a whole different ball game. I walked into my dorm the other night and my RA had posted some comparison facts on the differences between College and High School. High School: seven hours a day thirty-five hours a week, attendance-mandatory, role always taken, class size-30-35. College: three hours a day eighteen hours a week, attendance-not mandatory but strongly encouraged, class size-anywhere from 15 to 200. The list could go on for forever but the biggest difference that I seem to struggle with is that I have no boundaries to push me to do what's right; Only my own self-conscious. I simply wake up in the morning and say hmm it's time to go to class, but who's there to encourage me if I don't go. I am slowly learning independence a whole different way in college. Sure you're on your own and taking care of yourself but there's more to it than that.

The choices I make affect no one other than me. I am paying to have the education that I am receiving from SMU and yet I still have to work at getting up and doing it. I guess what I'm trying to say is that its pretty scary waking up every morning knowing that I have to have the will power to make the right choices. Sure I've slipped here and there and made the wrong ones, but college is all about learning. Learning about school and life. Learning for your life.

Interpreting Dreams

New surroundings and a new bed seem to make it hard for me to sleep at night. I toss and turn in my sheets for hours until finally settling in. The beginning stage of my sleep is restless I kick away at covers and roll over countless amounts of times. Finally, once asleep I dream endlessly and my imagination runs wild.

Somewhere in between the stage of REM and my deep sleep I find myself on wild adventures and fairy tale journeys. This brings me to wonder what exactly do my dreams mean? When sitting in bed at night countless thoughts race through my mind as I try to find a resting topic. Once asleep my dreams include the people I have been around, a story I heard, or an event that is coming up. I wake up each morning absolutely baffled by what had occurred the night before. Was it a dream or reality? Does it mean it might actually happen sometime soon?

To cure my insecurities about the translation of my dreams I found a website called Dreammoods.com. It interprets the meaning of your dreams based on life's theories and the situation you are in at the moment. I found it absolutely fascinating to research the meaning of these strange dreams. Take the time to do it yourself you'll be intrigued by the hidden explanations you will find out about yourself that you didn't even know.