Blog 4

Hopefully by the time I graduate, I will know what I want to do with my life. As of right now I have no idea what I want to do or how I plan to get to where my "future self" is, so therefore writing a letter to my future self would be pretty difficult to do. All I know right now is that I am majoring in Public Relations, but I really don't know what I am going to do with this major. Not to mention, I have no clue what one actually even does with a Public Relations major. 

I know it is a very common major to have and that there are a bunch of opportunities that go along with it because it is such a broad topic. However, I really haven't looked that much into what one can do with a PR degree. I know I like to be interacting with people and I can't bear the thought of a 9-5 desk job, so  I think Public Relations would be a good field for me. But honestly, I could be wrong. I am only a freshman and I don't think I need to have my whole life planned out after only a little over a month of college. I feel like college is a time to figure out what you love and I think going into college with your whole life planned out is kind of dumb and not to mention boring. There's so much that can change over the course of four years so I really have no clue what my future self would be doing right now. But if I absolutely had to write to my future self, I would probably say something like this...

Dear Jacquelyn,

I hope you have your life together and you're not still living at home. Maybe you're traveling the world, maybe you're in law school or grad school, or maybe you've already found your dream job. Whatever it is you're doing, though, I hope it is something you love. I hope you didn't settle in life and I hope you're in a place in your life where you are happy. 

Sincerely,

Jacquelyn

Blog #3

Adjusting to college life has been more difficult than I expected. I thought it was going to be much different and a lot easier to do. To be honest, I really wanted to transfer my first few weeks here and I still haven't decided on whether or not I want to stay in South Carolina. The culture and people here are so different than what I am used to back home and as much as I wanted to get away and try something new, I kind of regret going so far away and to a school were I knew all of one person upon arriving. Thankfully, my roommate and I get along pretty well and it helped that we had been talking since the spring time. She also has been kind of on the fence about staying here, but now that she is in a sorority I think she is liking it a lot better. 

Since I came from a really academically competitive high school, the transition to college classes and the workload hasn't been too difficult. For the most part I feel like many of my classes are easier than the ones I took in high school and they are also less work. However, I really don't know how to fill my time when I am not at class because I am not in a sorority and I am not sure what clubs I would like to get involved in. Other than that, I really don't think I have any struggles other than the fact that I can't decide to stay here after this year. Hopefully  getting involved in something will make me like it here more.