Can you remember back when you used to be excited for Christmas? You know, back when you’d wake up at five in the morning? I’m assuming you’d run straight to the Christmas tree, and then, after scouring through the presents, you’d immediately run to your sleeping parents and yank them out of bed. Alright, so maybe you’re one of those who still wakes up your parents on Christmas, but at least for me (and I daresay it might include the majority of us college students), it is now the parents getting us out of bed when Christmas rolls around and it’s time to open presents.
I suppose the classic answer to why this phenomenal change occurs is that we’re getting older. Ah, yes, blame it on maturity. Well, let me tell you something — maturity is a lame answer! As cliché as it sounds, you have to remember that there’s a child in all of us. Unfortunately, that child has been buried under the strains and responsibilities that get shoveled upon a growing adolescent (allow me to let you in on a little secret: college is infamous for beating the “adolescence” out of you). Don’t get me wrong, going down life’s path and finding a career, or perhaps, starting a family, are worthy endeavors that many of us should look into. It’s just that all too often, after all the seriousness of learning is said and done, some of us forget about our childhoods and leave them in the rearview mirror. So, what I want you to remember is this: don’t let college ultimately change your being. Sure, let academia expand your horizon, but don’t let it rob you of your inner child.
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