Dear Diary, For one of my classes, I was asked how to avoid the dreaded Freshmen 15. After thinking about the topic for some time, I began to understand that I could not offer anything that had not already been said. Even if I had, I...
I was a freshman in Fall 2017. Now? I am graduating in May 2021. That's 50ish days from now. Let me just tell you a little bit about my college experience, and how I have changed as a person. Like I said, I came to MTSU...
Dear Diary, When the year 2020 began and news of the pandemic began to arise among media outlets, I initially thought that this would be an event of little consequence, at least within my life. I want to say that I later learned how wrong I...
Dear Diary, I have never struggled much in school before. This is my senior year and I thought my last semester would be laid back and a time to make some last memories. While I am only taking 12 hours, I have never had this much...
Dear Diary, I am a non-traditional student, I am a US Army veteran, I am a wife, and I am a mother. I am currently a senior at MTSU studying Photography. It has been tough to be a parent, spouse, and a student full-time, then we...
Dear Diary, Follow the yellow brick road they say. Well, I followed it...
Dear Diary, Each day of this semester has been a blur. Each day bleeds into the next and I have lost all sense of control in my life. The student I was in January of 2020 and the student I am now are two different people....
Dear Diary, During COVID-19 attempts to stay "safer at home," being mandated to work from home, and already attending classes online, I've come to realize I don't actually like my home. It took over six months of working at the dining table and being in a...
Dear Diary, I hate and love online classes; I originally took distance learning classes because of the need for work and life balance. It helps me with schedules but it doesn’t help with my social life. To be honest, I am a shy person and I...