I flew 2,400 miles to be here.
In my mind, I thought, this could go either go so well for me or so bad.
Here goes my first college vlog ever.
It's a little exciting. Hopefully I don't drop out.
Just kidding. But I'm going to do a recap of this morning
because I was getting ready at the same time as my roommate.
I had an early morning class today at 8 AM, which—
honestly, I'm not too mad about it. Like, I can be a morning person
if I wanted to become one, and I don't mind waking up early.
So I woke up at like 6:50 today. I woke up a little earlier
than I would normally for these 8 AM classes, just because
I wanted to get ready and, like, look cute.
Here is my OOTD for the first day of school.
I haven't really done my hair, but I don't think I'm going to do it
because it looks kind of nice.
So this t-shirt is just a white short sleeve.
And these pants are pinstriped trousers.
And I'm gonna wear my Reebok sneakers, which are my go-to sneakers
that are a little too dirty, and maybe I might have to switch my daily shoes out
but this is the look. Wearing all of my jewelry.
I ate cereal for breakfast, and then I headed to class
with this coffee in my hand, which I actually got yesterday
but I kept it in the fridge so I could have some today too.
Before I, like, go on about my classes and my day
I just kind of want to give you guys a room tour because
I also have a funny story about my room.
My roommate and I got assigned to a really crappy room in campus.
Like one of the worst ones, not renovated, old
kind-of-looks-like-a-jail-cell kind of room.
And then there was a plumbing problem
and we got switched to a different room, but this is temporary
because we have to move back to our old room.
But I will show you guys everything.
I definitely want to respect my roommate's space as well
so I'm only going to show you guys my side
but this is the door. You walk in
and we have a little microwave and fridge option here.
I have some of my Trader Joe's frozen food
And I also have like cold brew concentrate and oat milk.
And then we have this small hallway, our closets—this is mine.
I can show you guys if it's not too messy.
And then to the left, we have our bathroom
and then this is my side of the room, and it's a little messy because
I was in a hurry to get ready this morning, but
I have my cereal, the essential Brita water filter
my film camera, which I have to remember to use.
Here's my cereal bowl from this morning.
Here's my desk area. I brought my jewelry stand.
There's an extension cord, trash can, my backpack
Here's my bed, pretty cute. And I also have this little clock.
Very aesthetic.
And then I have some pictures up there.
So nothing like too special and super fancy about it
but it is nice in here.
My first class this morning was a communications class.
I've never taken a communications-related class
but it's something I definitely have my interest in.
Something special about it was that it was
my first official academic class in about three semesters
so it was just really special and it just felt really nice
to be back in a classroom setting.
I never thought in a million years I would say that
but the professor was also really nice.
I went up and said hi to her after class
and it just seems like it's going to be a really chill
and informative class, so that was a really good experience.
Didn't have too much expectations going in
but it exceeded my expectations.
Now I have a three-hour break, so I picked up proper, like, food.
I got a bagel sandwich from Einstein Bagels.
Right now, I specifically wanted to share
some of my goals for this upcoming semester
and also just, like, goals for the next month or so.
So I realized while listening to Emma Chamberlain's podcast
which is literally free therapy for me.
She says in the podcast that "every human being needs goals"
to feel accomplished, to feel satisfied about their lives
and satisfaction leads to a good, happy life.
I like having short-term goals because that way, I can actually like
work towards them and set specific goals to reach that.
So that's what I did.
I always have to have a gym schedule that works
because working out relieves so much of my stress.
And then my pilates classes.
That's just like my hobby, but I love pilates.
Coffee shop. A coffee shop to just chill, study, vibe
relax, I don't know. A coffee shop that I—
Like my go-to coffee shop, I will have to find ASAP.
And then alone study spot in campus, that'd be nice to find.
A sunset spot in campus, which I already think I found
like a good place to see sunsets, but—
I love sunsets also, so this is like, really important to me.
And then alone spot, or— doesn't have to be alone
but a spot out of campus by the water where I can just relax and reflect.
That's just my personal list, but I'm kind of proud of myself
that I have a list figured out of things to do to make me feel
good, and happy, and thriving.
Now that I have chit-chatted a little bit, I'm feeling
more at home, obviously because I haven't been able to
like, do this since I moved in here almost a week ago.
And look at my cute Google calendar that I organized.
I'm more nervous for my next two classes because
the next one I have, I don't exactly know where it is.
Like, I know the building, but I haven't found where the room is.
And then the second one is like a really big class
with like 80 people, I think, so that's a little scary.
I need to get an actual tripod, because I am using a trash can
and a chair to prop my camera up.
I'm trying to, like, change the angle.
It's the first day of school, and I don't feel comfortable enough to, like
actually carry around my camera around campus
so this video is just mainly talking to you in my room
because this is my safe spot, for now.
I just wanted to come on here and talk about my day because
I treat my videos as, like, a video journal, like, video diary
and I can always look back on it and I just know that
this moment is going to be cute in like, four years.
Or if you are a fellow freshman like me, you can kind of listen
and relate, or maybe you have a different experience than me.
My classes. I had an English class and a psychology class
but both of them were so good.
My English class especially is a business writing class
so it's related to business and the professor was such a cool person that
my eyes literally lit up in class while listening to him.
I just know that I'm going to like that class.
I'm so happy because that class I was actually waitlisted for
and then I got in like a few days ago, so I'm just really thankful
that my schedule worked out, and I honestly love all of my classes right now.
That is very relieving to me because
I had big hopes coming in to college.
No specific expectations, but I did have hopes that
it would be a turning point in my life
where I met people that I really connected with
that I met, like, people that I can consider as my mentors
who're going to guide me into different ventures in life.
I flew, like, 2,400 miles to be here.
In my mind, I thought, this could go either so well for me, or so bad.
Now that I'm here, I don't think it would be possible
for it to turn out bad.
Whatever I go through, whatever I experience—
It's always going to be for the better and it's always going to shape me
into the person I'm going to be in the future.
I know that's so cheesy, but that was my first day.
I also went to the gym. My gym outfit.
And the gym was nice because I haven't worked out
in such a long time at an actual gym.
And now I plan on going to dinner with two of my friends.
Hopefully in the future, hopefully soon, I can vlog with my friends
and just log our memories, like being out and about
and making new memories and going on adventures, so...
I know, lots of talking here, but hope you guys enjoyed all that.
I never got to properly finish this video, but that was the end
of my first day of school, first day of college vlog.
After dinner, I went to a stand-up comedy show with two of my friends.
I've never been a big stand-up comedy person, but I had a really good time.
And... I came home and probably just took a shower and went to bed.
This was obviously just a representation of my first day
so I can't say that my college experience is going to
stay the same as my first day experience, but I can feel
things are falling into place slowly but surely. And... Yeah.
No adjustment or no change is easy, so not everything's going great.
Like, I'm still like, you know, going through some things
but I think I can handle it, and it is going to be okay at the end
so I hope you guys are doing well in school or wherever you are in life,
and I will see you in my next vlog.
Thank you so much for watching and thank you so much
for being part of this journey and watching me go through
my first day of college. Bye!