Well here we are at the end of the semester and this is probably the first time I’m truly acknowledging that fact. Surprisingly, I have lived each day this semester day by day, which was certainly helpful for my nonchalance but probably not as helpful for my motivation, or lack thereof that is. My experience thus far has been one of which I cannot complain though; I came to Baruch with little to no expectations—a defense mechanism so that I am always surprised and never disappointed—and it’s safe to say that my experience has exceeded my lack of expectation. I think this semester has gone fairly well, maybe next semester I’ll put in more effort—or maybe that’s a blatant lie because I’ll definitely have to learn to care before that happens.
In all, I’m not exactly sure I would do much differently even if I could because I don’t know if I care for any other outcome. And in terms of how I have changed, I’m definitely a little less pretentious—or maybe I just learned to hide it better—and I’m a little more knowledgeable of myself overall. All in all, first semester has been more enjoyable than expected and there’s not more to ask for than that.
