Waking up to Charles Ramsey’s email reminding us about our
blogs proved that today will be an important day. I had a rough
night and couldn’t even sleep until 4:30 AM. I think I was getting anxiety
attacks because all that was on my mind was packing the right things and having
to face a whole new world. I’m not usually the one to love facing the unknown,
though I am always up for taking risks. I get these last minute butterflies and
I suppose they got the best of me last night. I am better now. I realized that
there will be times where I simply need to put myself out there and douse
myself in the unknown. I can’t expect myself to grow if I don’t take chances.
And sometimes those chances may result in failure, and that’s alright. Every
failure comes with a whole new lesson.
The Ivy League program has already done a lot for me. It has
recently connected me with a lot of my family members that I haven’t spoken to
in months. I’m happy to say that every time they hear that I will be leaving
for Brown University, they are beyond proud. It brings honor not only to me,
but also to my school district.
I can’t wait for the Women & Leadership program and the
college tours. I am ready to learn a ton of new things and meet a ton of
amazing people. We will be meeting up at
El Cerrito High School around 2:45 AM tomorrow “morning”. I don’t even think I will
sleep tonight. I will probably take a nap for a couple of hours and go over my
luggage one more time.
I get so excited thinking about this whole trip, and now the
time is finally here. Everything that I have worked for is finally starting to
piece themselves together, forming a pathway that I will soon be walking on. My
journey is finally starting.
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