Author: rachelmateo

To my end-of semester self,

Hopefully everything in life’s going well at the time you’re reading this. I hope that you’re able to function in college and that nothing becomes too overwhelming. This being your first semester, try your best to stay consistent with being on top of your work. Most importantly, please pass each class. I know you’re not going to want to pay to retake classes. It feels weirdly easy right now, but it’s most definitely not going to stay that way. So just try not to let it stress you out too much. Also, stop trying to do so much at once, give yourself a break occasionally.

This was a great day, your first W in the entire wrestling season. You almost gave up on yourself and this day you gave your all into those matches. Not for the acknowledgement from others, but for yourself. So don’t give up, regardless of how complicated things get.

Sincerely, your bestie

Optimistic. In the past, I mostly enjoyed English class since I was able to explore different books and read more. I’m unsure how I feel about the fact this course will be based on research papers. But I stay optimistic that it’ll help with my overall writing skills.

I hope that I’ll be somewhat interested in the topics that’ll be covered. I feel like if I’m not at least a little interested, it’ll be even more difficult to learn and do my best work.

The image below is of a landscape in New Zealand. I chose this picture because this is one of the first reasons I decided that I was going to travel in my life. Regardless of what might prevent me from doing that, I made a promise to myself that I wouldn’t let reality keep me from living my best life. Although it’s a general image of where I want to go, the idea and goal will always be there.