As many of you may know, I took a gap year after graduating high school in 2020. Now I am a senior at the University of North Florida getting ready to graduate with a bachelor’s in communication. As my graduation date comes closer, I’ve been doing a lot of reflecting. Particularly regarding my gap year and college experience. Taking a gap year truly shifted my mindset and changed the trajectory of my life. In this blog post, I want to share some of my gap year reflections.  Flying across the country at 18 years old gave me a newfound sense of freedom. I was excited but scared. Not living at…

When I told a lot of people I was planning on taking a gap year, some people didn’t think i’d actually end up going to school. However, I just finished my first week of college classes and it went pretty well. I took an English class over summer while working full time and ended up getting an A in that class. I actually wrote about my gap year in multiple assignments! After taking some time off from school I feel more motivated to do well in my classes. My last year of high school I had a severe case of senioritis. I absolutely dreaded doing any type of school work.…

So you find yourself asking, “Should I take a gap year?” Well I was in those shoes once before and I decided to take one despite society telling me I need to go straight to college after high school. Taking a gap year was probably the best decision of my life and i’m so grateful I decided to take a chance and do it.  Why did I decide to take a gap year? At the beginning of senior year I went through the whole college application process despite having no clue what I wanted to do and honesty not even really feeling ready for college. One day I was talking…