Out of the Box

            A huge part of college is being able to push yourself out of your comfort zone. At first when I read about this weeks assignment, I had no clue what I would even do that would push outside of what I would usually do. Then when I started to really think about it, I realized that I push myself on a daily basis anyway.

            Being at a college where I know just about no one means that it is my duty to socialize and make friends. Now it has been about a month and a half sense were have been here and I can say that I have made a great deal of friends. This is where most people fall into their comfort zone. I found myself doing this too. Although I was meeting people I didn’t look into them. We didn’t become great friends because I already had great friends.

            This week while at the Omega Zeta Pi sorority bowl-a-thon to support the make a wish foundation, I made an effort to talk to everyone I could. This put me out of my comfort zone in many ways. Not only is it difficult to awkwardly walk up to someone and introduce yourself but it is even harder to make it not awkward. As the night went on, it became easier to talk to everyone and form a bond with everyone I talked to.

At the Bowl-a-thon

            This got me thinking about bonds we form. What in our mind tells us that we have enough friends? When is that cut off? Or the even better question, why is there a cut off? Now most of you are probably saying, “obviously you can have as many friends as you want to.” But if you think about it, why do we stop making close bonds like we would on the first week of a new school?  It is now my mission to break this habit we all form. I want to meet everyone I can and form some sort of bond.