One of my favourite shows- Greek- has came to an end this week and it really started me thinking. These are university students, just like I am, and have been through, i feel, a lot of the same decisions I have been through. It may sound cheesy but I really felt I could relate- through the drama of picking a major, to what to do next, to relationship issues- it is all there.
The show ended by some of the characters leaving and it made me start to think about leaving. I have been at UCT, in Cape Town, for 6 years now and I am leaving this year- in 2 months and 23 days approximately, and everything will change. I don't think I will be coming back to Cape Town after France. The world is a big place and there are things I need to do. I came to university a young, blond, unaware girl and have grown into a socially aware, confident, smart, competent, less blond woman who knows what she wants to do with her life and where she wants to do.
It has taken me 6 years, nearly three degrees, two campuses, res, digs, friends, organisations, internships, relationships, heartbreak, hangovers and too much stress to realise who I am today.
University is a place where you make friends for life; you learn who you really are and you go through those life-experiences (good and bad) that shape the person you will become.
The episode ends with the song- Forever young. I am nearly 23, and have put off the real world for a long time. But today I realised...it is time to move on, time to go forward. I have learnt so much in this first quarter of my life, but I still have so much to go and I am ready to go out there and get it now.
