A bedroom is like a cave stuffed with some of your essential items and primarily random things you accumulate over the years. Surprisingly, a small, single person like me has managed to fit a full size bed, large dresser, variety of clothing pieces, accessories, makeup, snacks, and a lot of other miscellaneous items into one space.
As the years passed, however, I failed to realize how much I had stuffed into my tiny dwelling. Now, like many other first-years, I am faced with the daunting task of shifting my items from a bedroom to a tiny dorm room.
This past week, I became a typical irritable teen, confused by what to pack and what to leave behind. It's not easy to decide between taking your sweats that you'll actually wear over your cute off-shoulder top that you might wear.
The luxury of having a variety to choose from is fading and it's proving to be more nerve-wracking than you thought possible. You realize that you have to take only a fragment of your life's collection to help normalize the tight dorm room you will be residing in for the next couple of months. It feels like a grave loss: I know.
However, there's an upside to this move--you inherit some unexpected yet touching memories. For the first time, you might experience an emotional side of your parents as they help you pack all your things or set up your new "room" (trust me, my mother has teared up a couple of times already). You'll get another chance to become an interior designer and redo your "room" from deciding a dorm room theme with your roommate to shopping for dorm essentials.
Your inner Picasso may come to the forefront as you DIY decors for your room (I spent three nights just painting canvases to hide the emptiness of my new dorm walls). Lastly, you'll remember the move as the start to your new life as a college student as many upperclassmen will be able to recite exactly how their move-in experience went from their bedroom to dorm.
Moving is never an easy task, especially for first-years who are most likely moving out for the first time. However, it's only about a week-long experience that will be a fun retelling in the future.
