Nothing is Permanent but Change (Olle)
Are you homesick?
I’ve gotten that question a lot recently. Don’t really know why.
It could be because the after showers of O week are over, and that what is supposedly our everyday life has finally begun to sink in. People get it now. I get it now. We’re here.
I thought uni life would be structured. That it would give me the decency of an everyday life. But no, there is no such thing. At least not yet. Maybe later.
So far, no day’s been the same at uni. That’s what I love about it. You mind your own business. Not like year 12, where you had your teacher breathing down your neck (if I remember it correctly, it was a while ago…).
To get back to the question, I am not homesick. People find that hard to believe. Don’t you miss your friends, your family, your life?
Sure, I miss them. I miss them all. I’ve just reached a point in my life where we can no longer stick together. You have to go on and “do your own thing”. I know it sounds rough, but it really isn’t. Not once you learn how to appreciate it.
Suddenly, you feel proud to have a friend in Chicago, another in London, and another in York.
Will it ever be the same? Well, if same means different, then yes. I usually go with the key phrase:
Nothing is permanent but change.
Once you get that into your head, you realise change isn’t too bad after all. That change is a blessing rather than a curse. And that home will always be home. And that friends will always be friends.
I agree with EVERY word you’ve said here.
Not homesick.. But the new to Uni enthusiasm is slowly wearing off.