TLU Transition

I have recently been here at Texas Lutheran University for my first official month. Believe it or not, I have been asked on MULTIPLE occasions how I have been settling in since I have been here. Honestly, I do not even know how to answer that question. Besides the obvious adversities that come with the transition from high school to college work, there are other things that take getting used to. Lucky for me I knew my roommate ever since I was about five years old so I get to skip the cries for help and privacy. My biggest problem so far in college is ignoring the distractions that appear in front of me. My lobby that I enjoy to study in happens to overlook the window to the freshly made game room in my residence hall. Besides that I have the unlimited meal plan so it seems that every free second I have is spent either eating in the dining hall, or the student center snack shack. Also the fact that it is hard to ignore the fact that every time I choose to sit down and work on my studies every single other person I see is doing something more interesting than the work I am focused on. Despite all of the negative points of transition, there are some positives. My biggest "like" so far in college has to be the fact that I am on my own time. One of my "many" good qualities is my time management. So the fact that I was able to pick my class times was a beautiful thing. Another positive at TLU is Study Hall for the football players. I have a definite love/hate relationship with study hall. without it I know that 85% of my homework would never even be a thought in my head until it was asked from me by a professor, but during it my mind becomes fatigued from the amount of work I force it to accomplish in an hour and a half. I know that only being here a month means that I am still in store for many more experiences, and I know that my transition is still incomplete. Though I am still immature in my college experiences, I feel that within my time here my transition to the college life is a good one and I hope that it continues to stay on that path.