Return to Campus
This week, I returned to my second home at Georiga Tech. I’m entering my 3rd Year and tackling it without any form of organization or bearings on what’s happening. In my first few days, one of my classes was cancelled and I was thrown into confusion about what to take instead. Now, I only have classes three days a week.
More than anything else, I have a strange feeling where I don’t feel as attached to campus as I have in the past. For the first time, my fall semester is just a continuation of what I’ve been doing. Last fall, I was entering a new major, trying to get a grip on what my career may look like. The fall before that, I was entering college for the first time and trying to get a grip on literally anything. But now, everything seems to be in place.
I’m taking classes that extend upon a base of knowledge that I feel confident in. My free time is divided between doing freelance design work wherever it appears, working on my portfolio, and trying to spread arts on campus. I’d hate to say I’m comfortable, but I feel extremely content with how things are going. Despite my strange schedule, I’m even having luck pursuing my goal of being more social and meeting with friends regularly.
With all this said, I’m extremely excited for how this year will treat me. As I try and get my bearings, I know I can expect for things to get extremely challenging and trying. Even doing this newsletter will become a pain at times, and I will inevitably procrastinate on writing it. However, after working this summer in a direction that felt right and having to take responsibility for projects, I’ve developed a greater confidence in myself and in my work.
I think more than anything else, the way I’ve gotten to this great place in my life is that I’ve found something that feels right for who I am as a person. A trend I’ve seen in college is people grinding at majors that they don’t like and not knowing why they feel so miserable overall until they switch to something that suits them better. For me, it only took a Facebook group to discover what I wanted to do. It isn’t as simple as “Find Your Passion,” but I want to talk about it more in depth next week. Stay tuned!
Drops of the Week
where I *drop* recommendations of cool things this week
Playlist
Spacey - this is a playlist I made a while ago when I was exploring indie genres like dream pop. I think it lives up to its name.
Long-form Feature
“Young Thug is an ATLien” by Devin Friedman - oldie but a goodie. I recently remembered this profile on Young Thug that I found last year. He’s one of my favorite artists, and this mythology surrounding him only makes him more interesting to me.
Photo Series
Island of the Colors Blind by Sanne de Wilde - interesting photo collection based around a group of islands where many of the residents have conditions affecting how they perceive color.
Thanks so much for reading! If you have any comments/concerns or fan/hate mail for me, you know how to reach me (links below).
Love,
Nikhil