This hasn't yet become normal - it's all so new and exciting. Until the daily tedium of studying sets in, I'm going to continue feeling like a child in a sweet shop.
Before October ends, when the trees are devoid of leaves and the long days of summer have given way to bleak winter, this will be our new reality. Until that reality comes to fruition, we're just baby birds waiting until the day we can fly.
I'm thinking about my fellow students across the country tonight, all you other future Bachelors and Bachelorettes out there embarking on the next great journey of your lives. Our books are arriving, our studies are beginning, and the pressure is already beginning to pile on.
The truth is that I've never been much good at studying. To a spectator it must seem easy: I read the books, I memorise the words and then I regurgitate them in an exam. There's always something blocking me, some procrastination or debilitating anxiety which stops me from completing my studies.
We have to be brave when facing new challenges, or when re-attempting failed challenges. Bravery is facing what may come, head on. Bravery is acknowledging that we're afraid. Afraid of failure and afraid of accepting our own shortcomings. But, it's all going to be okay. It's all going to be okay.
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