What Freshmen Need to Know About College (and what I wish I knew)

Brianna

Okay, so it’s practically August. Which means summer is almost over. Which means that school starts soon. Which means that there are a ton of high school graduates out there psyching themselves out for their freshman year of college. I was there once. But before I make myself sound stupid…no, it wasn’t that long ago. I’m not some old and wise college master or anything.

But I have learned a few things these past three years, some of which I wish I had known when I was a freaking-out freshman. So if any of you out there are about to start college–or know someone who is and is freaking out–feel free to read on or share.

My list of things that college freshmen should know (and that might save them some embarrassment). Continue reading “What Freshmen Need to Know About College (and what I wish I knew)” →

Something Simple

Brianna

Well, let’s not beat around the bush here. I haven’t written anything on here in forever. My excuse?

Okay, well, partly laziness. But also the fact that I haven’t felt that I’ve experienced anything “inspirational” enough lately to be able to write an entire blog post about. (Which kind of makes me laugh a little, because I did just spend two weeks in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland not too long ago. I guess I’m being really picky if that’s not inspirational enough to me)

In all honesty, though…even as I’m writing this, I still don’t feel like I’ve found anything inspirational to write about. I’ve had chronic writer’s block for a few months now. So why am I writing this post, you ask? Continue reading “Something Simple” →

Beauty of the Unexpected

Brianna

Why yes, it has been over a month since I’ve posted something on here. Why, you ask? I’ve got five words for you:

End of the semester madness.

Understand now? Good.

But, now that the semester is officially OVER (insert hallelujah chorus), I actually have some spare time to do stuff that I like to do. Like…blogging! So now, the only question is, what to blog about?

Well, my usual game plan is to write about something that I’m experiencing at the moment, or have recently learned a lesson about, or has inspired me in some way. And if you mix all three of those things together and apply it to my life right now, one thing keeps popping into my mind. Continue reading “Beauty of the Unexpected” →

Be Still

Brianna

So if you’ve spoken with me sometime within the past two weeks, you know why I haven’t put up a blog post in a while. To put it simply, I had no time (like, really). With homework, real work, papers, presentations and that rare gift to college students called “a good night’s sleep,” blogging has taken a back seat.

But I’m back. As of two hours ago as I’m writing this sentence, I finished the three big projects that all happened to be due on the same day (note, I’m rolling my eyes right now) and over which I was stressing out immensely. So now–after having scurried around campus like a crazy person searching for a printer that was working so I could print my papers before class started–I’m free as a bird….until Monday. Continue reading “Be Still” →

Waiting in the Hallway

Brianna

I’m scared of many things.

Bees are a big one. I hate ’em. As much as I like honey, I wish they would all just die. I’m also afraid of creepy-looking puppets, probably because I was exposed to about 5 of the worst minutes of the movie “Chuckie” when I was a young child and have been scarred ever since.

And anyone who knows me well knows that when there’s a storm approaching, I’m a wreck. Literally, I’m a totally different person when there’s thunder and lightning outside. I was one of those kids who would hide underneath a blanket and cry at the sound of every boom. Continue reading “Waiting in the Hallway” →