What they don't tell you about University...

So... I'm half way through my third year of university and I thought I would share with you all a few realisations I've come to. 

Be prepared to pack your life into suitcases about 38 million times (possibly a little exaggeration here... just a lil' bit.) But seriously, I should be getting a degree in packing.  

No one cares who you were in high school. This is a totally new ball game people. 

Groceries are expensive, and also now you finally get why your mum got so annoyed when you either didn't turn up for dinner, or turned up with 4 hungry pals. 

Immunity to drunk people vomit. Its EVERYWHERE. I moved out of my flat at the weekend, there was a pile of sick in the bin room from a party the night before. A bloody room designated to bins and this person chose the floor to boke on?! NOT A BIN?? Seriously. 

Pimpin' yourself out to bulk up your CV.  Emailing every company related to your study and offering yourself... usually for free (yeah, at least prostitutes get paid) Because now you need at least 45 years experience to even pull pints it seems. 

The nights out catch up. Give your liver a rest, eat some vegetables and go to the gym. (At least every once in a while) Do you wanna look 45 when your only 30?? Didn't think so. 

Group work is a university's way of turning you into a crazed maniac. Unless you're the person who does nothing... then you think its all cool - but FYI your group all secretly hate you and plot ways of killing you regularly, just a wee heads up there.

Lastly, you're expected to just know what you're going to do with your life when you graduate. 

Most university degrees are only 3/4 years.. for that length of time I used to want to be Marine Biologist. Because I thought it was the closest thing to being a mermaid. My dream was shattered when I realised I'd probably have to study biology and geography... 

But anyway... what I've mainly learnt. Most people don't know what they want to do with the their lives in their early 20's. And thats fine. You gotta lifetime to work it out. Those years at university are just a tiny bit of that lifetime... so chill. 

Love, 

Nikki

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