A Little Talk About Friends

Today's fun fact:  I play the violin! 

Let's chat about friendships.

I am one of those people that makes friends and keeps them for a long long time.  All of my friends have been my friends since middle school.  Or earlier.  Like, the first grade.  I literally made no new friends in high school.  I just kept the ones I already had!  Nothing wrong with that, right?

Well, not really.  But then came college.

I chose a school hours away from my home, and none of my friends were going with me.  I know that most people that go away to school probably start out with no friends, but since I hadn't actually made a new friend for like 6 years, I was completely terrified.

I really didn't need to be so scared, as I found a little group within the first week.  However, none of them were in my major, and none were very social…  So, after my first year of college, I had literally one friend.  And that really hasn't changed.  I have more acquaintances and people I sit with in class, but at college I truly have just one friend.

This is really difficult for me because I do have lots of friends back home, and I'm always looking forward to seeing them at breaks.  Yet my one college friend is quite the opposite.  She made tons of new friends at college!  She hates going home, and I always feel guilty about being excited to see all my old friends.  It's a bit of a tough situation.

Make new friends, and keep the old.

I'm really hoping that as my classes become more specialized, I'll grow to think of my classmates as more than mere acquaintances.  For now though, I'm living in two different worlds.  One has all my old high school gal pals, and the other has my new college friend.

Have you had an experience like mine, going away to college and leaving all your friends?  Any tips for helping me make friends in the middle of my college career?  I'd love any comments or suggestions :)

And sorry it's taken me so long to write!  My goal was to make a weekly post, and I have just totally failed.  So that's my belated New Year's Resolution: Make a weekly blog post!

See ya next week,
Shelly

My First Post

Hey there!

So, this is my first ever blog post, and I'm kinda super excited to start blogging.  I've been meaning to do this for a while now, but I just went through the most grueling semester of my life and I had to make it through finals.  But finals are over, and I can finally breathe!

I started thinking about blogging after discovering the world of Youtube vloggers.  I found it interesting that these totally normal people were sharing their lives and their thoughts with thousands of complete strangers, I being one of those strangers.  Then I started thinking, "I could totally do that! I think I'm mildly entertaining..."  But I preferred being anonymous to putting my face on camera for the world to see.  Also, I keep a journal with my daily thoughts and insights so I'm already comfortable with writing about what I'm thinking.  I figured my feelings may very well be shared with some other people.  Why not share them with others and see if I can start some interesting conversations?  

Also, I'm at that point in life where I'm dealing with a lot of change and new experiences.  I find myself contemplating life and the future and relationships and careers and goals and all kinds of other topics.  It's a lot to deal with, and writing it out really helps me sort it out.  

And so here I am.  I'm wanting to use this blog almost like my personal journal to share my thoughts.  Thoughts that you may be dealing with, or thoughts that may be totally unique to my crazy brain.  

One last note: A journal of this type will obviously encompass some personal information, but I'm wanting to remain as anonymous, just for some mystery.  However, every time I post, I'll list a "Fun Fact" or something of the sort.  Maybe one day all the facts will come together and you'll discover that I'm actually your real life best friend!  But who knows.  

Have a fabulous day.

Shelly