the way the world is today
Well hello there! This is awfully strange and I'll be honest, I have absolutely no idea where to start. Wow. It is really strange reading back through previous posts, I feel like my life is really different now. Although things are so good with me, that is always going to be weird. I was reading back through old posts and it feels so long ago but also just yesterday and I still remember exactly how I felt whilst writing them. I'm not going to lie, it made me feel ridiculously nostalgic and actually quite emotional. It's weird how I took the plunge not knowing if it would be worth it in the end or not and I was willing to leave everything behind me just to take that risk.
I guess you might be wondering if it did work out and if University was worth it or not.. well, thankfully, I can say it most definitely was! (What an absolute relief). I'm studying Multimedia Broadcast Journalism at University of Brighton in Hastings. Though Hastings is big, there isn't exactly much here. So I guess it gets a bit repetitive after a while (we literally have one club... yeah, I'm not kidding). It's lovely though, if you look past the mass of homeless people and crazy drunks. I'm an hour away from Brighton, half an hour away from Eastbourne so I guess I can't complain. Although, I am a fair few hours away from my home in Ipswich, which is hard, naturally. And I don't go home as often as I said I would love to, which means that in the process I am guessing I have lost my job at Maccy D's. I'm just never there and with my friends being all over the place themselves now too, I'm not even sure if I want to be there that much. It's weird that my own home town doesn't have that much there for me anymore. Weird being an understatement. My course is split into different modules, Radio Journalism is my favourite and the others are lagging and draining but I know it will benefit me in the end so I'm just holding out hope. As a whole, I would recommend my University and even Hastings campus, too!
I have met some of the best people here, ever. There's a group of around 12 of us and I love them all individually. We're actually all going to be living in a 10 unit house together next year! Still in Hastings and it's absolutely lovely. Plus, the sea is on our door step which I sometimes still can't get over. It's crazy how you can just meet a total stranger and instantly click. Then it just sort of sticks. Like, I have no idea how we all came to be really good friends and form a group but I honestly wouldn't have it any other way. I guess University shows you a lot about true friendship, also. I've been disappointed by a few friends back home who have not made as much effort as I would have liked whilst I've been here but I know that time does change things. It's a massive thing to get used to and the friends that I have remained are so very true.
I can't believe I'm saying this but I have a boyfriend too! He's a second year at my Uni and honestly, he is fantastic. It really makes things so much nicer to have him around. We both went to my home during the holidays and he met some of my friends and most of my family, all for the first time. He was completely great as always and it was so nice to show him around and introduce him to people, yet also very weird to think that we were strangers at one point and there was a stage where I literally didn't know of his existence or him with mine. And that he had never been to Ipswich before, had never seen or been to any of the places I used to spend so much time in and other than me, he didn't know a single other person in the town. I never ever in a million years thought I'd find someone I genuinely like whilst being over here, the thought just never crossed my mind. But I'm obviously so glad I did.
Hastings is pretty much home to me now. Which is the weirdest thing ever seen as though I didn't even really want to come here. Even on my first day there was a part of me that had wished my Mum and Step-Dad would have turned the car round so we could have gone back home but things are really great for me here and I am so grateful I took that chance in September. Not everyone is lucky enough to get the opportunity I did. Grab it with both hands! It really does pay off. If I didn't, I guess I wouldn't have learnt a lot of the things I know now and gained a lot of independence along the way (I do my own washing.. what) and I'd still be in the same routine I had wished I would have grown out of at some point. Hope you're all doing well!
Chlo x
I guess you might be wondering if it did work out and if University was worth it or not.. well, thankfully, I can say it most definitely was! (What an absolute relief). I'm studying Multimedia Broadcast Journalism at University of Brighton in Hastings. Though Hastings is big, there isn't exactly much here. So I guess it gets a bit repetitive after a while (we literally have one club... yeah, I'm not kidding). It's lovely though, if you look past the mass of homeless people and crazy drunks. I'm an hour away from Brighton, half an hour away from Eastbourne so I guess I can't complain. Although, I am a fair few hours away from my home in Ipswich, which is hard, naturally. And I don't go home as often as I said I would love to, which means that in the process I am guessing I have lost my job at Maccy D's. I'm just never there and with my friends being all over the place themselves now too, I'm not even sure if I want to be there that much. It's weird that my own home town doesn't have that much there for me anymore. Weird being an understatement. My course is split into different modules, Radio Journalism is my favourite and the others are lagging and draining but I know it will benefit me in the end so I'm just holding out hope. As a whole, I would recommend my University and even Hastings campus, too!
I have met some of the best people here, ever. There's a group of around 12 of us and I love them all individually. We're actually all going to be living in a 10 unit house together next year! Still in Hastings and it's absolutely lovely. Plus, the sea is on our door step which I sometimes still can't get over. It's crazy how you can just meet a total stranger and instantly click. Then it just sort of sticks. Like, I have no idea how we all came to be really good friends and form a group but I honestly wouldn't have it any other way. I guess University shows you a lot about true friendship, also. I've been disappointed by a few friends back home who have not made as much effort as I would have liked whilst I've been here but I know that time does change things. It's a massive thing to get used to and the friends that I have remained are so very true.
I can't believe I'm saying this but I have a boyfriend too! He's a second year at my Uni and honestly, he is fantastic. It really makes things so much nicer to have him around. We both went to my home during the holidays and he met some of my friends and most of my family, all for the first time. He was completely great as always and it was so nice to show him around and introduce him to people, yet also very weird to think that we were strangers at one point and there was a stage where I literally didn't know of his existence or him with mine. And that he had never been to Ipswich before, had never seen or been to any of the places I used to spend so much time in and other than me, he didn't know a single other person in the town. I never ever in a million years thought I'd find someone I genuinely like whilst being over here, the thought just never crossed my mind. But I'm obviously so glad I did.
Hastings is pretty much home to me now. Which is the weirdest thing ever seen as though I didn't even really want to come here. Even on my first day there was a part of me that had wished my Mum and Step-Dad would have turned the car round so we could have gone back home but things are really great for me here and I am so grateful I took that chance in September. Not everyone is lucky enough to get the opportunity I did. Grab it with both hands! It really does pay off. If I didn't, I guess I wouldn't have learnt a lot of the things I know now and gained a lot of independence along the way (I do my own washing.. what) and I'd still be in the same routine I had wished I would have grown out of at some point. Hope you're all doing well!
Chlo x
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