Many things have changed for me in the last year. A year ago my life every year previous was very similar to it except for a few changes. These changes would be having a new friend or two, going to a new school, or starting a different type of study. Of course, from my first year to last year, my life was very different, but the change between them was very gradual. The exact opposite happened to me this last year. Almost everything in my life has changed by a pretty large amount in the past year. Now I go to a completely different boarding school and have been left a lot more independence. Because of this I have picked and lost many activities from my previous environment. My friend group is also very different and influencing me in a different way. I also don’t get to see my family as much as before but I still seem them pretty often.

Compared to what I thought life would be like, I think that my present day is very different. I thought that this year I would be spending most of my time actively playing games or doing physical activities involved in my school’s activities. What actually ended up happening was me having large study sessions with many of my friends from a different building while we all worked on homework together and mess around. The dynamic is very interesting as there are always two rooms. One room is for people who are seriously working and the other is for casually working people who are working but don’t have as much work or have none at all and just want to hang out. I also thought that I would see my family much less than I actually do but I am glad I can see them. I also didn’t think food would be as big of a problem as it is but food is actually a very important part of my life because it is hard to come by good food here. The last large change between my previous thoughts and reality is that I thought people would all be sleeping by 11:30 or at least 12 on most days but around half of the people have an average of 12:30 to 1 in the morning.