I can't believe that it has been a whole year since I strolled across that stage to get my degree certicficate. Well, I say strolled but the whole time I was walking all I could think off was 'please don't trip, please don't trip'. So it wasn't as graceful as I am making out...but still a whole year has literally flown by and I really haven't achieved much! You think that when you graduate you will be instantly mature and become this high flyer over night but the reality is very different. One thing I can say, is that it has been the most eye opening year of my life and I have learnt so much, so I thought I would share the top 10 things I have learnt with you.
I had THE best university experience I could ever have imagined. I was so lucky to have the most amazing flatmates who instant became my 'flamily'. I loved my course (even if there was the odd occasion where I might have skipped a class or two..or three) and I absolutely loved being a student in Brighton. It really was the most incredible city to be a student in! I wouldn't have changed an absolute thing and I think thats why my transition from uni to real life has been super hard. Anyway here is my top 10 life lessons since graduating:
1. University really doesn't prepare you for the real world in any way, shape or form: I learnt nothing at uni that prepared me for how tough the real world is...it only makes that jump so much harder.
2. It's okay to not know what your doing or what you want to do - plans change: the year after graduating is purely for learning. Its okay to flit a bit and change your mind here and there. Some people know what they want and others don't and thats okay!
3. The future is nowhere near how you planned it to be and it never will be: That plan that you set out...yeah that was a waste of time, it rarely turns out that way and count yourself super lucky if it does. The path I thought I would take is so different to the path I am on now and that can be really hard to comprehend.
4. You need to make decisions on your own, or at least learn how to: I had my flatmates to make every decision with me; to what lipstick shade I should wear on a night out to the modules I should take next semester...decisions were a group thing but thats not the case anymore.
5. Full time hours absolutely suck and annual leave becomes the most precious thing in the world: working a full week is hard! I miss my days that were full of one lecture and messing around with my friends for the rest of the day. Also, holidays are no longer given to you as 4-5 week stints...thats all you get for a WHOLE YEAR!!!
6. Hangovers have become way more severe: I have never been one who is able to handle alcohol, but its like hangovers become so much more severe as soon as you are handed that certificate. I have no idea how I ever managed a whole freshers week once upon a time!
7. Morning time is 7am not 11am: apparently 11am is mid-morning now and you can get so much done before then! Gone are the days of mid-week lie ins and casual brunches at the local student cafe...that isn't real life
8. Most of my wardrobe is no longer appropriate or acceptable: I used to always spend my money on buying a new dress for a night out, I now realise how none of these dresses are appropriate for anything anymore - as soon as you graduate you need a whole new wardrobe.
9. You will never create a bond with anyone like the bond you had with your housemates: I was the luckiest girl in the world when it came to my housemates, I lived with the same people for the entire 3 years and I absolutely love them. The bond you have just can't be explained...aww I love them so much.
10. University changed me so much as person and I am so grateful: the person that moved into Northfield halls on 24th September 2011 was not the person that left 106 on the 2nd August 2014, I changed so much for the better and I am so grateful for the people that helped on the journey.
Have you graduated recently? What have you learnt?
Much love
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