Taking the educational plunge!

Good evening, you join me now on a Saturday night in my bedroom with an old episode of Waterloo Road on my television but this evening Im going to confess about my first week at University and how I am finding it as a commuter.

So, from my previous posts you'll be aware that this September I embarked on a new adventure beginning University, in my case this is the University of Kent. For the next three years I will be giving a big hug to English and American Literature. So, now I can say that I have completed my first official week as a student. My timetable isn't as bad as it could be, in total I have 2 early mornings, 1 late finish and then 2 late starts, which I don't mind. To be honest the only thing that I am finding hard is the commute, which yes is only 30 minutes but its still the idea of being on a train. Im completing 4 modules; Romanticism, Early Drama, Readings in the 20th Century and Writing America. I cant say that I am loving it because, as it stands it is all introductory but even with being all starting points there is still quite a lot of reading but I have made a promise to myself that I will not let it disturb my social life or my sanity as A Levels made me incredibly stressed. 

To end this post, I would like to make a few promises to myself and then I can tell you in December whether they have lasted or whether I have kept to them.

1) I promise to have ME time, which does mean not reading things for UNI in the bath, I will stop working after 8pm to give me a chance to re-charge my batteries.

2) I promise to have a life during the weekends, whether it be going to the cinema, shopping or going out in the evenings

3) I promise to speak up and be myself. I did read something on Twitter that said "Its better to be hated for being you than being loved for someone you're not and this is exactly what I want my Uni experience to be.

All three of these promises I hope that I can keep to, which will make me calmer and also less emotional. This is because I want my Uni experience to be worthwhile and not be a waste of my time. I've spent the past 5 years dreaming of starting an English degree and so I want to finish it. Anyway, I apologise for this style of post today, my next post will be much more upbeat.