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One More Semester and The Future of This Blog

We're finally here! It is the end of the Fall 2023 semester. All my classes have assigned their final projects and tests so dead week has begun. A lot has happened this semester, so I think this calls for a recap as I think about the impending future. 


The end of an era


This semester marked the beginning for the end for me. As most people who know me or would read this would know, I am in my senior year of college. This means I have spent the entire last semester wrapping up any last requirements I need to graduate as I prepare for my future and will be doing the same in Spring 2024. I moved into college for the last time at the beginning of August this year ready to fill my last time around with purpose.

The start was overall positive and easy! My assignments were not too overbearing, my time management was excellent, I had gotten used to my leadership roles, had a whole apartment to myself, and I had a girlfriend for the first time in a long time. It was a golden start. Even as time passed and things were added on the difficulty wasn't anything I couldn't handle. But with any good times, they won't always be perfect. So my plateau of a high began to fluctuate into high and lows before too long. My car ended up breaking down for a month, me and my then-girlfriend ended up breaking up, I got rejected for a job I did several interviews for and my grandmother began to have life-threatening heart issues. Things got difficult for a while before they got easier. But I had my friends and family to uplift me and keep me going. I later had something amazing happen to me and I became the Homecoming King of ONU! This was something I never expected but it felt so rewarding to be recognized for just being me. Now I am ending the semester on a high note with my long-standing leadership positions coming to an end and my grades at an all-time high.

Now that I look to the Spring, I believe this is going to be my easiest semester yet! I am only taking 12 credit hours so I will have plenty of time to apply for jobs and follow other interests. I will end my college career on a high note no matter what!

As for the future of this blog, I believe I will still post occasionally. Bi-weekly seems like a good schedule. But for now, I will let this site rest. Talk to you soon!


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