With a resigned sigh I flopped down on my bed, staring at my sparsely populated pin-board, and wondering what I should do with myself. My mum had left a few minutes earlier and I was suddenly feeling very alone. It was a strange feeling having finally arrived at university, I had been thinking about this day since I was 11 years old and now I was finally here it just didn\u2019t seem real.<\/p>\n
Checking the time, I saw that it was just gone 8pm. The whole day had been a bit of a mad rush. I had been packing my stuff all night (admittedly not the best idea to leave everything to the last minute) and didn\u2019t finish until 7am, meaning I was running on absolutely no sleep. Safe to say I wasn\u2019t in the brightest of moods. We\u2019d arrived around midday and shoved all of my stuff in my room, then we\u2019d spent the rest of the day shopping (clearly a whole car packed from floor to ceiling didn\u2019t equate to nearly enough stuff).<\/p>\n
I\u2019d really enjoyed our day together, but after hugging my mum goodbye for the hundredth time and watching her drive away, I realised that being so busy had meant I\u2019d not had any time to introduce myself to other people and a nervous feeling had settled over me. I had only briefly met a few of my room mates at this point. I live in the Northfield accommodation in an 8 person flat and being an only child I wasn\u2019t sure what to make of this sudden increase in people; nor was I sure about how I felt about sharing my personal space with complete strangers.<\/p>\n
Nonetheless with an encouraging mental pep talk, I forced myself to leave my room. I walked into the kitchen to find two boys in my flat talking and laughing (and drinking, obviously). I tentatively introduced myself and was met with warm- if slightly tipsy looking- smiles, and I immediately felt more at ease. I joined them and got to know them both more and as we talked the rest of my concerns slipped away undetected. As my first day came to an end I couldn\u2019t believe how much of a good time I was having already and how much I was looking forward to the year ahead.<\/p>\n
I think it\u2019s important to remember that you will never know the outcome of a situation until you take that leap and brave it. I was so nervous about starting uni that, when the evening came, all I wanted to was lock my door and keep myself to myself.\u00a0 But by making a conscious effort to push myself out of my comfort zone, just eight weeks later I have met some amazing people who I can confidently say have made my experience so far one of the most memorable of my life.<\/p>\n