Letters to the hot messes of the world

Abstract

The following paper is an exploration of a young woman’s experiences with the dialectic of expectations and reality during college. Life never goes as planned, and often times our human brains cannot comprehend and cope with that fact. This is not an academic or researched piece of writing. It is a flood of thoughts, feelings, experiences, and a lot of honesty. This work does not have a definitive answer to the question: how does one deal with unmet expectations? It is just a college student’s journey to maturity and an ability to cope more healthily with reality.