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Dear friends, family, and admirers,

Welcome to another blog post by yours truly. Last semester, I had the pleasure of joining quite the lovely team of fellow bloggers for Tufts Admissions. In doing so, I wrote exactly three blog posts, one in which I even released the magical key to getting into Tufts (aka a sneak peak into my writing supplement. That’s right. You’re welcome).

While it was always great to take the time and write, I must admit that I actually ended up blogging more sporadically than I had intended.

So, why am I sitting here telling you all this? Well, besides distracting you from the lecture your teacher is giving right now (yeah, I see you over there checking your email and your Facebook newsfeed while your poor teacher tries to explain the short and long-term causes of the Civil War), I am essentially putting these words out on the World Wide Web, so that I can now personally hold myself accountable to consistently blogging. And you can too, if you so please.

My goal for this semester is to keep you, my large and ever-growing fan base, updated on all the adventures I take on as a 19 year old at Tufts. Everything from a picture of the oatmeal I ate for breakfast, to a post on how many times I consider leaving my 3-hour long Nutrition class lecture on Friday afternoons (raise your hand if you’ve ever felt personally offended by a 3 hour class on a Friday).

So, for my first post this semester, I thought I would share 4 things that I have learned so far this semester:

1) Declaring your major is truly the most anti-climactic event in the entire world.

• A couple of weeks ago, I had the pleasure of heading down to Student Services in Dowling Hall and handing in my blue Major Declaration form to get it stamped. To my utter surprise and confusion, there was no confetti, no cake, no celebrating, nor clapping. I stood there waiting until I realized I was making the guy at the desk pretty uncomfortable so I smiled and peaced.
• BUT, it does feel great to log into SIS and no longer see the words: “undeclared"

2) Quality > Quantity

• While you may think you’re doing yourself a favor by joining every club ever, I’m here to tell you that you and your resume will be A-okay without 800 random commitments. It is so much more important that you do things because YOU as a person WANT to do them and feel passionate for a club or a job opportunity, than to take on an infinite number of tasks because you think it’ll “look good.”
• But, if you don’t want to take my word, I think two things explain it best:
• 1) Take Michael Jordan for example. Simply a stud at basketball, right? Well, what about baseball? Ah, you didn't even know he played baseball? Well, he never made it to the Major's. But, that's okay! He's not remembered for his baseball skills.

• 2) This picture says it better than I ever could:

3) Your parents weren’t kidding. Sleep is SO important.

• As fun as it is to tell people that the bags under my eyes are designer (I call the left eye “Dolce” and the right eye “Gabbana”), I cannot tell you how much my productivity level increases when I actually get a good night’s sleep (which for me, is 7 or more hours of sleep.) The studies don’t lie, my friends.
• Also, a quick tip: when you catch yourself ready to doze off, choose to put your phone away or there’s a really high chance you’ll end up stalking your friend’s second cousin’s fiancé’s nephew on Instagram, with absolutely no idea how you got there. 

4) While it is great to walk to class with friends, I recommended walking to class pretending like you're in a movie. 

• What on earth do I mean? It's quite simple, really. Plug in some headphones, blast an epic jam (I'm talking "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor) and walk to the beat to your 10:30 am math class. You will feel like you're listening to the soundtrack to a pretty legendary movie about your life. Pro tip: throw on some shades (extra points if it's not sunny and you're still wearing them)

That's all for now, friends!

I know I have plenty of memories to make this spring. So stay rad, stay tuned. 

Nat's out.