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I was sitting at home the other day thinking about how fast the school year went by and all of the things that happened during this year of college. This year was so interesting: first there were storms galore on move in day, so I was crammed into a basement with all these students and parents alone because my two roommates had left and were trapped in Walmart at the time, and my mom had left me to my own devices quite some time before the storms hit. Then, after the storms died down and all of that, we were bombarded with the promotional products. We got coupons and mugs and plastic cups and pens and pencils and sweatshirts and T-shirts and hoodies and discount cards and keychains and trinkets and just about any other items that would be considered promotional items. Then we went to Target and got a lot of free stuff there, too, such as food and eye drops (now why on earth would we need eye drops, of all things) and Ibuprofen and laundry bags and little bottles of Febreze To Go (they must really want to give us college students a reason not to wash clothes). Although they seemed a little pointless when I first got them, when money got tight, those promotional items really came in handy and I was glad I had them.

                As the year progressed, things changed. My friends changed, although I remained cool with most of them. My habits changed and my way of doing things changed. My attitude about life changed I reached the realization that there is more out there than even what I was used to in Chicago. My attitude wasn’t the only thing that changed, though. I changed my whole outlook. I had gotten into a slump when I first went to college where I didn’t care about much like my appearance and stuff like that. I figured it wouldn’t matter. But then I went home and got my very first drastic haircut. My hair went from below the shoulders to barely touching my neck. I had to have a sophisticated attitude to go along with my sophisticated haircut, so I started choosing outfits that reflected my more mature side. I didn’t ditch my old outfit completely, just made more of an effort to always look presentable no matter where I go. And it worked, too, because people noticed that I wasn’t walking around in just anything and I actually looked put together whenever I went somewhere, even if it was just down the street to get something to eat.

                Hopefully the added responsibility of this summer will increase my own self-awareness and will inspire me to be even more of the person I want to be: me.