That beautiful thing called time

I was just randomly laying down thinking the other day, when I realized that the end of the month had come. And I thought to myself, "wow, guess its time for another blog!" Time is going by so fast its amazing. These past few months have been so eventful that I forget a lot of what has happened and what I need to do. The past few weeks since my first post I've been trying to get my schedule and time management together. Its funny because as soon as I think (and keyword...think) I have myself stable, organized and under control , then everything decides to go everywhere, my homework ends up being done at 2am and it all just becomes a shuffled mess. And then I think to myself, "this is only the beginning!". But I'll make it.

I've been struggling to get my schedule together. I swear it seems like there aren't enough hours in the day. I go to school, I do work-study, I come home, I WANT to sleep, I do homework, I sleep and I wake up in the morning exhausted. In the back of my mind I have the little voice telling me "All of this is for a bigger good, and in the end you'll be happy". So I guess that's what pushes me every morning to wake up, look at the blurry alarm clock that says 7:00am, actually get out of the bed to realize that the clock I thought said 7:00 actually says 7:30 and leave my house dreary eyed ready to talk, learn, and be happy for another full day.

But, onto better and more exciting things, I made up my mind about my major, I'm going to major in Nursing, and minor in psychology. And thanks so much to my psychology professor Rachel Cain and her husband. Ironically she stumbled across my blog and told her husband about my dilemma and he gave me a little piece of advice, which was much appreciated. Its funny because the moment I told my mother I wanted to change my major she goes; "Tahiyya, please don't be one of those "professional students" who waste money going to school all their lives and don't know what they want to do, they just go to school with no purpose" I thought that was quite funny, seems how I actually know a few people like that. I honestly think people shouldn't start college without having some sort of idea as to what they want to do. But, that's just my opinion.

Oh yea, before I end this I thought I might share a link with you all. My sociology teacher posted this on her announcements on educator. I thought it was a good article and thought people would be interested in looking at it!

"The (Non-Monetary) Value of a College Degree"

Well, that's all for October! Hope everyone had a great month, and I hope you enjoyed my new post!

The new blog!

Welcome to my blog, My name is Tahiyya, you may have seen me walking around Ursuline, the only girl with a scarf! lol. I'm muslim, and I was raised in Cleveland just about 30 minutes from Ursuline. I grew up in a pretty big household, which made me not want children (but ironically I want to be a pediatrician or a child psychologist). I'm a freshman here at Ursuline, majoring in Psychology. I was Homeschooled through middle school and high school so I had to get used to waking up every morning and leaving the house. I would look at my clock like " ARE YOU SERIOUS!!!" I have to LEAVE and sit in a CLASS. But, I'm greatful I've been having such a great time so far, and the people are so wonderful.

I splashed cold water on my face this morning then looked up into the mirror in front of me. Wow man, thats a reflection of ME. It feels weird to reflect my whole life in 5 seconds of looking at myself in the mirror, but I'm happy. I'm happy about where I am today and what I've achieved so far. There were a few rough patches, but ultimatly I made it. I'm here. I'm a young adult and in college now. Tahiyya man, your in college I thought to myself....

In college, aspiring to be a doctor or psychologist - who knows? I'm a little confused, and its so funny to me because I was so sure of what I wanted to do just two years ago. Even when I applied for Ursuline, I gave myself two choices, nursing or psychology (with a minor in biology). Well, psychology came easy, and it sounds good and interesting so I stuck with that. But now I'm only about halfway into the semester and I realize, wow, do I REALLY want to major in psychology? I mean it is interesting and it is fun to learn about. But, I think that a degree in nursing will get me more money, and I would have a better chance at getting into medical school. So I've been second guessing my major alot recently. But ultimatly whatever I major in I'll be happy, because there are so many people who don't make it to this point in their life, and for me to do this at a young age is a great blessing. My mother started college and never finished, my step-father did the same, and my grandmother and uncle are the only people in my close family who finished college. So, I'm even more determined to finish.

I think also, the experience that I've had so far at this school will nurture me for the hard, long four years I have ahead of me. Everyone here is so nice and supportive. I mean really, I havn't gotten a frown, everyone always asks me if I need help, If theres anything they can do, and they sincerely and truly mean it. The teachers won't even give you the opportunity to get a C. They push you so hard and work with you so personally. I'm really greatful of that, because I think that I need that type of support through school.

With everything said, I hope you guys enjoyed reading my blog, this is my first one, and I'm soooo lost, lol. Really, I'm like well "Am I supposed to write it like thiiiiss? or like thaaaat?", but I think it will be fine. I hope everyone enjoys it!