Naturally, these fears almost immediately vanished during pre-orientation. Now my main concern was working out how I was going to achieve all of my goals. In retrospect, most of my targets were either unnecessarily profound or naïvely immature. ‘Become a better person’ is vague and unmeasurable, and ‘Get a six-pack and a boyfriend’ is just infantile (and still unachieved). Thankfully I did have some …show more content…
Most of these goals are a work in progress, but I’m satisfied I’ve laid the foundations for a successful second semester.
To begin at the beginning, a lot of my stress prior to Babson (hence lack of sleep) was caused by my inability to reconcile with my own emotions – particularly in regard to my sexuality. On entering college, my working thesis was that if I actually engage with a pride community, then my seeming state of perpetual stress would just disappear with many of my other wellbeing problems. While I have not been a fully active member of the Pride community, my openness regarding my orientation has vastly improved my temperament. Next semester, it is my aim to further involve myself with Pride to ensure I can help support anyone else in need of help, or simply friendship. With regard to stress, this personal