I don't spend my time here staring a clock, counting down the hours until the weekend or the next break. I look at the clock and try to figure out where the hours went. For honesty's sake, a lot of those hours do trace back to the "boring" stuff like class and homework. But the boring stuff is what I'm paying for, so I'm okay with that. And all of those "boring" hours are offset by fun things, like hanging out with friends, going to events, or (my personal favorite) taking naps.
My family gets on my case for
not calling them as often as I should, and it's because time flies so fast here
at WNE. I'll think I called them two days ago, and I'll realize that was
two weeks ago. If you're worried about missing your family and
your friends, let me tell you that it won't be as bad as you think. I'm very
close with my family and my friends back home, and when I visited them after
being here for a month and a half, it was like I never left. I genuinely cannot
believe that I'm a few days away from the end of my first semester here. It
feels like fall break (about the second week in October) should be a little
over a week away, not the end of the semester.
Essentially, Western New England
University is not a place where time drags. Sure, there are days when the
clocks in classes don't seem to move, but there are so many rewarding, fun,
fast hours in between those. It's hard to believe that just a few months ago I
was nervously saying goodbye to my family on move-in day, and in just a few
days I'll be going home for winter break. In all of those fast hours I've grown
as an independent individual, and now I get to take those experiences back home
and share them with my family. I think it's important to find a place where
you're content and time can fly, and I've found that at WNE.
--Abby
