I see myself as a young eighteen year old guy that just wants to enjoy life and have a good time. I’m extremely optimistic and I always think about how grateful I am for everything that I have. I recently got out of a two and a half year relationship and since then, my life has gotten much more exciting. I have been to trying so many new things and have an open mind about everything. If you asked me “who do you think you are?” two years ago I would say that I was serious and focused, but now my mind is all over the place. I can hardly concentrate in school and I don’t have the same attitude towards life that I used to have. I used to be quiet, a little shy and always think about the consequences; but now I’m trying to live my life with the most excitement as possible.
My very close cousin has recently got into a motorcycle accident and is in bad condition. He’s only thirty-one but I learned so much from him. After I heard what happened I was in shock and I realized how short life was. Anything can happen to anybody at any moment and that accident reinforced one of my proverbs that I live by which is “life is short”. Ever since then, I have doing whatever made me happy.
My newly found attitude in life also has flaws. I have so many things going on in my life that I have a hard time focusing in school and unlike high school, if you don’t keep up no ones there to remind you. My main concerns are procrastination, falling behind, and lack of fun. Unlike high school, procrastinating in college is much harder to get away with because every night there is at least 70 pages to read and work piles up on you. I’m also concerned that kids in Baruch don’t have the same mentality as I do. When I went to visit my friends that went away for college, everyone was very social and always having fun and I hope that Baruch students will have the same mentality.
I think Baruch will make me more mature and show me what life is like when I have to take care of myself. I will be moving out soon and thats a big change from when I was in high school. I also think Baruch College will help me become more of an individual and help me learn more on how the world works.
