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Earlier today, I felt the familiar buzz of my phone going off in my pocket. I pull it out and see that my good friend Jon had sent me a text message.

21 days left a cuse

Upon reading this I immediately stopped whatever meaningless task I was doing and started to think. My mind went wild. Where has the time gone? It feels like just yesterday I was nervous about going away to college, and packing up my clothes in my room. Graduation from high school seems like it was just a few months ago… Events from the past raced through my mind, and I began to realize that my freshman year of college is coming to a close. I then started to think about myself and my progress since late August.

Looking back at Chris Becker of 8 months ago, I’m damn proud of the progress that I’ve made as an individual.

Physically, I’ve gotten taller (hell yea!), lost weight, and lost a lot of acne. I exercise fairly regularly and am actually eating better here at college. Take that, freshman 15!

However in my opinion, my greatest growth hasn’t been physical. College has definitely caused me to change for the better, and grow up significantly. My Nana summed it up well when she said over spring break “I am proud of the man that you are becoming.”

Basically, when I started college I was thrown into a completely “sink or swim” social environment. Having mostly sunk in high school, I was determined to start anew and finally swim.

And swim I did.

At first, it was as scary as hell. I had never met these people before in my life, and now I have to live with them. What was going to happen? It turns out that I couldn’t have met a greater group of people. My floor-mates have become great friends, and I can’t wait to see where things go in the future. They helped me become a more social and outgoing person. Social situations that would terrify me no longer have any affect. I’m not second guessing myself anymore… I’m just being me.

Essentially, I’ve transformed from a chubby computer nerd into a well-rounded, social individual. And I love it.

A good reminder of my progress is my driver’s license. I got my license 3 days before moving into college. If I ever want a nice reminder, I can pull it out of my wallet, take a look at my picture, and look into the past. Oh, how far I’ve come.