Going to college is the point in everyone's life where we finally get the opportunity to learn what we want to learn, make new friends and see changes all while experiencing life outside of high school. College is a place you get to choose, so go big or go home am I right? There's so many pros to staying close to home, but I also believe there is so many pros to being far away, which is why I chose to start my new life a thousand miles away from home. Here is why it's acceptable and exciting to go to college far away:

1. New Scenery

Some of us grow up in a small town while others grow up in the big city, the ones the townies fall in love with in every movie. No matter where our comfort place is, aka home, we all seek adventure in some way. What better way is there then to live the best four years of your life experiencing the adventure of a new town, state or country? New scenery can be refreshing and open up your eyes about the perspective of the world and how people outside of your community live!

2. New Start

High school can either go really bad or really good for some people. For those who believe that that stage has had a negative impact on them, going to a school far away can open up so many doors that weren't present before. Nobody knows you, nobody knows your past and nobody really cares about what happened during high school. Being 1,000 miles away from the past means you can be a completely different person and start over, writing a new story line for your previously written book. Even if high school was an amazing time, everyone could use the new start to learn how to deal with a completely different environment and how to make the best out of it!

3. Independence

Although staying close to home and having family there is wonderful, sometimes we all just need a little me-time. Exploring the world and living life without the everyday adults we've been around for 18+ years increases so much by being far away. Sometimes you just want to feel like you're controlling your own destiny and you want to make your own decisions, something that is needed when going so far from home. Although every college student, no matter where they go to school, has independence and no adults, being far away means your not "just a call away" from mom anymore and it's a wake up call about growing up. Missing your family, friends and pets is common for being so far away and honestly will suck, but it just makes you appreciate those things in life so much more!

4. Less Worrying

Dropping everything and needing to adapt to a new environment can be hard sometimes, but attending a college a great distance from home relieves stress about problems central to home.Things happen, whether it's with family, friends or life in general, something always happens that wishes you didn't have to deal with it. Traveling far away to study helps relieve the stress regarding all those every day disturbances. This break from normal life at home is so relieving and honestly every one needs to experience not needing to care about the irregular things that seem so relevant.

5. Make Everyone Jealous