I know that as a student I am supposed to get used to the idea of not staying in one place for more than four years. However, it is difficult to move considering all of the material stuff that I carry with me. If I did not feel financially tied by receipts to all the stuff, or if there was a better way to feel less attached to the investment made into the stuff, I would happily give it all away.Perhaps its a sign of my refusal to let go of things and it is a problem I shall work out. However, I cannot help thinking that it is a reflection of the pressures put on a life, especially the pressure to live well while living within your means. I always aim to do the second, but the first is the hardest to attain especially when attached to the second.

Regardless of the material things, it is mandatory that I pack my mind for what is ahead. I am about to go to school on a campus whose atmosphere I have not visited or experienced properly in over three years. I am daily told horror stories about the rigors that await me. I must say that these attempts to scare me for the upcoming year are futile, for I already expect a harder regimen of study. At the campus I attended for the last two years, the constancy of my learning routine caused me to get comfortable in my surroundings. I believe that my transfer is a good thing; I need to get better acquainted with change and an environment that will not provide loads of time to do an extensive amount of work. Frankly, I need to step up my efficiency game.

I compare efficiency in memory-recall and learning to efficiency in travel. You need to have enough belongings so that you are prepared for the duration of your trip, but if you bring too much, you will be weighed down, unable to move anywhere let alone the next destination. Therefore, the best belongings to bring are those that are adaptable to any environment. I have had a very good lesson on this subject this summer, but it is because of this lesson that I believe myself to be more prepared for whatever life brings.

The lesson: Do not expect anything, because you most likely will be proven wrong. Do not expect nothing, because life will throw something at the idleness that nothing brings. Do not expect everything, because you’ll disappoint yourself when you come up short. Instead, just live passionately and spherically and have the capacity to let life throw things at you. It’s more fun that way.