The Journey So Far......

Five. Three to go. Or maybe two. What a journey its turning out to be. I wish there wasn’t a destination. I wish it could just go on and on.  I wish it always stays as beautiful as this. I am in a way jumping to corollary of what I want to convey through this write up. Lets start from the start.

College. This very word brings a blissful smile to the faces of many. I still remember the first day. The rain is its reminiscence. Not a single familiar face to start a conversation with, but still feeling the warmth of a chummy surrounding. Many of them would go on to become great friends, some just acquaintances, some you would hate, some you would hate to love. The first year, it basically is a complete fresher’s year. You have absolutely no idea what you’re getting into. You just flow in the drift. You’re the proletarian wanting to be an expert. You’re a nobody, in the ever agonizing pursuit of being a somebody. Of being a known figure. The first year is pretty much it. It whooshes by. Unnoticed, uncared for. 

Being a sophomore involves receiving unprecedented importance. You are the immediate senior. You fill yourself to the brim, with pride of having passed out the first year, without much harm. A sense of narcissism starts to settle in. The freshers hold a significant contribution in that. The third year people resonate the “been there done that” feeling. You finally realize that there is a lot you can do in college apart from getting bored and bunking lectures. You get into the groove. Meet new people, make a lot of friends, find out what you can really be good at in your college life. To me the second year is the most significant phase of a college life. Whatever you do then, you will probably do that for the most part of your college life. For me, its been my music and socializing with a lot of people. And believe me, its paying off well. College is a sort of second home. You are no longer a nobody. One can get into whatever he/she wants to get into. All doors are open for you. The ones that aren’t you barge into them, college provides that independence.  

The third year is just a sort of an up gradation to the second. Better opportunities, better life. You finally are experienced enough to choose what is right and what is wrong in college. You also finally realize get to know who your true friends are. The last two years are a great aid in asserting that. Also a sense of completeness starts to sink in. One starts to feel that time is running out, and that’s why this year generally turns out to be the best. One does only those things that matter the most. Things that fetch joy and eternal bliss.

One other very eminent part of college is that one gets to learn about himself. About who he/she really is, what makes us most happy, what we are best at. This is something that helps us for the rest of our lives. College is one place where you can be whatever you be, and you thus become only what you really want to be. It leaves a deep imprint on your life. Something you can never forget about yourself. That s why almost everyone you know will emphasize on the fact “These four years of college will the best of your life” This is mostly because after college, we join the rat-race. We dive into things that will help earn us money, and guarantee a safe , well-to-do lifestyle. But generally it will lack the intrinsic happiness we experience in college. Hope this isn’t the case with me and for everyone reading this. Hope we all experience this joy forever.  

“Follow your bliss”, said the great Joseph Campbell. That’s what one exactly does in college.

There still is some considerable time left in the hourglass of my college life. But the time gone by has been an absolute roller-coaster ride, driving me into writing such a untimely, hasty obituary. College life has been much better than expected.  Hope the times to come are even more blissful. J

In the end I just want to thank my college life. I will forever remain indebted for everything it has bestowed upon me.

I wish that this journey never ends. I wish there wasn’t a destination.

“You have four years to be irresponsible here. Relax. Work is for people with jobs. You'll never remember class time, but you'll remember time you wasted hanging out with your friends. So, stay out late. Go out on a Tuesday with your friends when you have a paper due Wednesday. Spend money you don't have. Drink 'til sunrise. The work never ends, but college does..."            
 -Tom Petty

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