Adjusting to life after uni...

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Hi Everyone!

So as you all know, recently I finished my three years at university and i'm currently in the middle of moving myself and all of my stuff back home to Devon from the Midlands. It's exciting because i'm starting an entirely new chapter of my life but this weekend it has massively hit me how much it completely sucks. I've gone from living with my friends (which was an absolute blast) in our girly little flat and having the little life that i'd created for myself in Leicester to living back at home, job searching and trying to fill a lot of empty hours that were only a few weeks ago filled with studying. I just feel massively deflated to be totally honest. It feels like everyones moving on with their separate lives and i'm realising how much i've underestimated just how difficult the transition would be.  Like I said in my 'Long Distance Tips' post a few weeks ago, all of my closest friends from University live upwards of a 4 hour drive away from Devon so it's really hard to go from being able to shout down the corridor to them when i've found a picture of a funny cat on the internet to being a pretty mammoth car journey away, for now i'm feeling massively out of the loop and hating the fact that Devon is so far away from anything, anywhere.

I know that I probably sound very woe is me so apologies for that but it's good to vent sometimes. And it's weeks like these where you realise that the transition is only so hard because you had such a truly amazing time. I've met some of the most incredible people, people that I hope will be lifelong friends. I've had opportunities to do things that I never would have done without university. I've been to incredible gigs, been on amazing nights out and probably drank a little more than is advisable. I've decorated three different bedrooms with photos and bunting, i've had cooking disasters that I hope never to repeat, i've sat through A LOT of lectures (and been provided a lot of hilarity from some of the quirkier members of the English Department). I've spent student loans far too quickly, cried over essays that seemed impossible and laughed so hard over ridiculous things with my flatmates that I had to spit my tea into the sink. I spent two years sneaking Dan past the security man in my Uni Halls at the weekends, drank more tea than I ever thought a human could consume and have basically come home with a wealth of life experience and enough funny anecdotes to last an absolute lifetime.

Basically what i'm getting at is this. I'm almost glad i'm feeling this rubbish this week, because it just goes to show just how much of a fantastic journey its been. If I wasn't feeling massively down about the whole thing it would be because I wasn't going to miss it with every inch of my being. To the incredible friends that i've met (you know who you are) thank you for making the last three years as amazing as they have been. You've put up with me through things that a lot of people probably wouldn't and all I can say is that I hope I haven't put you all off to the point where I'll never hear from you all again! I love you all more than words can say and I wish you every happiness and every bit of luck that I can muster for the lives you'll be carving out for yourselves. I can't wait for graduation to come around (I hope it comes quickly!) so that we can all celebrate just how much we've achieved this past few years. And on that slightly more positive note i'll leave you with something that someone wrote on Facebook this week - 'It started with an empty room and it's ended with one' - while I attempt to work out how on earth i'm going to fit all of my stuff in my Mini to move home! 

Thanks DMU, its been a blast...




6 comments:

  1. Park Bench Poet3 June 2013 at 09:53

    Oh your uni years sound so much fun, it's making me regret not going to uni now. I wish I'd had experiences like that! Making a big change and turning into a grown up sucks, I hope you settle back into Devon nicely! x

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    1. Sophie Belcher12 August 2013 at 09:47

      It was such a good experience, but i'm sure that you've had just as many, if not more experiences! Turning into a grown up definitely sucks, but hey, i'll get there eventually! xx

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  2. Grace Gibson7 June 2013 at 05:33

    I can imagine it to be strange. I hope you find something to do soon!

    Grace x

    http://grace-gibson.blogspot.co.uk

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  3. Birdy Bluelovesfashion16 June 2013 at 12:14

    I absolutely love your blog!!

    Birdyblue x

    http://birdyblue17.blogspot.co.uk/

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