changing times

Your life will change on this program. No matter how much you tell yourself you will keep all the relationships at home in tact...that nothing will change...it will. You will plenty of times feel homesick, alone, lost, confused, afraid, frustrated and angry. You will hardly talk to some of the people you used to consider yourself so close too, and the even with the ones you do your relationships will change. Yet don't let this deter you from doing this, or anything else you might want to do. Life is about taking risks, changing, evolving, discovering, adapting and growing. I've done all of these things here. Who knows where i'll end up when I go back home. I truly believed that I could keep the relationships I had back home as strong as they were...but the truth is, distance IS an issue. Even though I know nothing will be the same when I go home, I don't regret my decisions to follow my dreams for a minute. I have truly changed in the past few months more than I could have ever imagined. I know that as the next few months continue I will continue to change and when I get back I won't be the same person I was when I left. I knew this going into it, but I didn't exactly realize how much these changes would change things everyone around me too. So advice to anyone reading: The Disney College Program has, so far, been hands down the experience that has changed me, made me grow up and evolve and challenged me more than anything I have ever encountered. Though it's heartbreaking to keep trying to hold on to relationships that are falling apart, or trying to convince yourself that these people are still a part of your life when you don't know anything about them anymore, I cannot recommend anything more. Regardless of what adventure it is, Disney, Semester at Sea, or something completly different, go for change, break out of your shell and do something impossible. Just be aware of the consequences going in...and maybe these roadblocks won't be so emotional.