Who Will You Be in Four Years?
Dear future self,
It is my second week at college and there are so many emotions going through my mind. I am so excited to start my first year at Longwood. I hope you are reading this letter with pride knowing that you accomplished everything you dreamed and more.
For starters, I am hoping you took advantage of all the amazing opportunities that Longwood has to offer. Please tell me you still have the strong desire to be a labor and deliver nurse like we did in freshman year. Did you get outside of your comfort zone and take hard classes? I want to know if you have continued to stay as proactive as we were the first week of college. I hope you have made an influence with your education in your nursing career. One big thing I hope you take with you is to remember to have fun because college is more than just an education, it’s a new chapter.
Aside from academics, I want to know if you got involved at Longwood. I know the first couple of weeks of college we were timid about clubs and Greek life, but I hope you did join some sort of organization. I hope you have explored Farmville because it truly is a beautiful town. Did you go to all the basketball games like we hoped to? I hope you made lots of new friends and decided to move on from the boy from high school. New friends come with time so as long as you chose to be patient, I am sure by the time you are reading this you are filled with so many amazing friendships. I can trust that you chose to embrace all the challenges that were thrown your way. All the experiences you have faced along the way has built you into the incredible nurse we had planned to be. Remember that college is such a beautiful thing, it is supposed to help us grow and find our own independence.
Overall, I hope you stayed true to yourself. I hope you took advantage of the clubs, social events, and even academic activities. This journey should’ve helped you gain a better outlook on life, and it is my wish that you take everything you gained from Longwood University and carry it with you forever. I have no doubt that by the time you read this you will be working twelve-hour shifts helping mothers deliver their sweet babies.
With love,
Present Kristen
Dear writer,
This was incredible to read and how you really express your feelings on how you want to plan your future. Its so amazing how set and focused you are to become a nurse and I know that if you keep that mentality that you will achieve your dreams. For me I really felt when your talking about getting out of your comfort zone because I tend to be quite when I am so where I don’t know like home and struggle to show any emotion towards to people, but it does make me feel better to know that other people are also wanting to get outside of their comfort zones and lets me know that I’m not alone in this. Also like you said that college is a new chapter and that kind of spreads a good message to people reading this because it helps people know that this is a learning experience for all people new and who’s first time living away from home to not stress much and just kind of go with the flow and enjoy there time here in college. I really relate to you saying you hope you get out and kind of explore because that something I want to do, I want to be able to join clubs and like you said make and build new friendships. I’m also happy to see that there is someone that is also excited for their future and job. You did an amazing job with your blog ,I like the way you actually split it in to paragraphs which makes it tens times easier for me to read. Also just over all good structure of how all sentences were put together can stayed on topic with each other, I will definitely remember these skills for my next blog.