{I know
some of this stuff may have already been discussed on my blog…but some things
are just worth repeating}
So 15
years old…high school can be a not so great time. However I know that I loved
it. The classes were challenging yet fun but more importantly I had the
greatest friends. Don’t ever take those friends for granted. You have no idea
how much you’re going to miss them and how much they have truly impacted you.
Youth
group can be a difficult trip sometimes but you’ll always be glad that you
went. It’s okay for you to have different opinions than the others; it’s even
okay to have a differing opinion from your youth minister. However there are
probably more tactful ways to explain your side. I’d like to say you’ve gotten
a little better with this but that still remains to be seen.
At 15
you have all kinds of lofty dreams and expectations for your future. AND THAT
IS AWESOME. A little ambition never hurt anyone. I will say that everything you
thought you wanted for your future radically changes your freshman year in
college. I’m pretty sure that this happens for most people but you, of course,
thought you had it all figured out already. But that’s okay; you have learned
to roll with the punches a little bit more. Oh but don’t worry, you definitely
still want everything to happen according to your plan. Naturally this doesn’t
happen that often and the unexpected still kinda (really) bothers you.
I’d like
to tell you that everything is exactly like you pictured. That’s not the case
but your life is still pretty cool. You have learned a little more to trust in
God’s plan, rather than your own but that’s still a pretty tough thing for you
to grasp most of the time.
Sometimes
you might think that it would be SO MUCH easier to just do what everyone else
is doing and forget everything you know in your heart. That’s never a good
idea; by the way, to go against what you truly know is right. You might have
more friends if you just went with the flow but keep in mind what kind of
friends they would truly be. Also remember the type of boys that are attracted
to those kinds of girls. You’ll never regret saving anything for the boy you
marry (I heard this somewhere and I’m just assuming that it’s true…but I
honestly think it is).
I wish I
could tell you that you’ve got it all figured out but you so totally do not.
And as much as it upsets 15 year old you to not understand, it bothers the 23
year old you EVEN MORE.
Are
there things I wish 15 year old me could do differently when she gets to
college. FOR SURE. Sometimes I’m certain I made the wrong choice about college.
Like if I would have just gone to Harding (or somewhere else) everything would
be different. And that’s true, things would be different but that doesn’t mean
they would be a better-different. So no, I’m ultimately happy that I went to
Clemson. It was a great 5 years of my life and I know that no other college
experience could compare to what I had at Clemson. But there are things I would
do differently at Clemson. Some of them relate to sticking with accounting
(turns out dad did know best) and trying really hard for an internship (turns
out they do normally turn into a full-time job offer). But I would super-duper
encourage involvement in a church. I totally did this for 4 years but I would
do it all differently if I could go back. I wouldn’t be so stuck in the type of
church I wanted to attend but rather try and find a great girls Bible study. Try
and be more involved in a variety of church and bible study activities. There
are some great friendships to be found in those and I SO WISH that I had taken
advantage of all of those opportunities.
So
enough with the minor regrets…Enjoy high school because college is different
(but still great) and one day you’ll so be wishing you could go back!
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