I went to, what Dartmouth calls, Dimensions in April. Dimensions is for students who have been accepted through regular decision, the college's and current student's job is to essentially convince these students to accept their offer of attendance to Dartmouth. Well, they convinced me, actually, I was already convinced. I did get a nice water bottle out of it though. Oh yea, and I also completely fell in love with Dartmouth. One night, after walking back to my host's dorm from a prospie party (a prospie is what they call prospective students that go to Dimensions, that's something else I loved about Dartmouth: their "language") on the way to the dorm all I could think about was that I was going home for the night. I was going home. I didn't feel like I was visiting, I felt like I already lived there. I belonged there.
I think I was always meant to go to Dartmouth, I just didn't always know it. For some time I thought I was destined to go to UPenn, but every time I pictured myself in UPenn I always saw what Dartmouth looked like. I was picturing myself at Dartmouth without even knowing. Well, the vision came true. I got denied acceptance to UPenn and accepted to Dartmouth. I have some cold days ahead of me, winter is coming. Today I heard a man say, "If you can't first imagine it, then you will never have it." That seems easy enough, but it's not. It's not as easy as it seems because so many are guilty of saying "oh, I'll never have a house like that" or "I'll never get accepted to a university like that" or "I'll never be able to do that". Well guess what? Don't worry, you won't. Change the way you think. Say you will get a house like that, say you will go to a university like that, say you will be able to do that, say you will. You will. You can. You are.
Back to the topic of moving. Yes, I'm scared. Yes, I'm overwhelmed. Yes, I don't know what life has in store for me, but if it's anything like what it has had for me so far, then I'm happy to live it. I know there will be obstacles, people, ideas, perspectives, boundaries, and influences I will have to face and overcome, but I'm ready to take on anything that comes my way. Because I can, and I will.
I will end my blogs from now on with a video, an article, book, blog post, or song that I recommend watching, reading, or listening to. Today I am going to recommend watching a TED Talk that a friend of mine shared with me. I recommend that everyone watch it, man or woman. It changed the way I viewed myself, and that's not just because I am a woman. It's because I am a human.
Eve Ensler: Embrace Your Inner Girl
