everything is really different this semester. but i feel oddly at peace about it. messiah is a really beautiful campus, and i'm glad i'm here, even if half of my friends are in other parts of the world. i also have been fortunate to have some amazing conversations with the friends that i do have here. i have high hopes for this year (which include my high-off-the-floor bed, and the hope that i won't fall out of it. haha!)
i've been able to figure out a general pattern of how college students make and keep friends.
Freshman Year- try to make as many friends as humanly possible AND try to actually hang out with them. possibly lose some friends from home.
Sophomore Year- the college friends we've made are just too many to comprehend, so we ditch about half of them and only hang out with a few people who become close and amazing friends. some of the friends from home that we've accidently ditched start to become more important again, and our friendships with them start to come back.
Junior Year- We've realized that we did a poor job of maintaining connections with our friends from freshman year and therefore try to hang out with some of them again. (the ones who want to, anyway) hometown friends that still exist are the ones that totally have our backs 100% and are therefore some of our best friends.
now, i know this is a general thing, and i don't know how it is for everyone. this is just what i've noticed in my life, my friends' lives, and the lives of people i've noticed.
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