My first day in College

29 Sept 2024, Sunday

I'm a year late for this post but so be it.

Last year, on 16th Aug 2023, I had my very first day in College. I was, as always, really anxious, a little excited and scared of stepping into the new phase of my life. We had our orientation at 10 AM if I'm correct but I didn't make it on time. I reached half an hour late there. I was with my mother that day because it was all new for me stepping out of home and going to a new unknown place. We used the metro to reach the place but it was too crowded so we switched it for rickshaw. My anxiety kept peaking at that moment because of all the things happening.

When I finally reached college, I was warmly greeted by the seniors who showed me the way to the auditorium where all the orientation happened. After which we were sent to a specific classroom assigned. It was a very small room and to be honest, I was kinda disappointed.( But thankfully, the very next day, we were assigned to a bigger room.)

After all the orientation and travel I was exhausted. I took the metro for first time on my own and I was very proud of myself.

At that moment I felt like I've grown up now and I'm independent. But after reaching home it all went done in vain when I realised I lost my airdopes somewhere. And now I don't remember that it was left by me or it was stolen in that crowded metro. I cried a lot because it was not really mine but my mother's but after getting consoled by her, i calmed down a bit but I was still sad and disappointed in myself for being so careless.

But I leaned a life long lesson too with this. Now I'm very careful with my things and always alert( Well, most of the times. I still space out time to time.)

So, this is how the first day of my college went. To this day when I remember that day, I feel like I was anxious for no reason. It all went well. I always get anxious when I'm about to do something new then after it's done it feels like nothing 🤍