My Manifesto Connected to Starting at Regis

In my maker manifesto, I talked a lot about keeping my creativity alive forever, and also keeping an open mind and discovering or experiencing new things.  My manifesto goes well with me beginning school at Regis, because for the most part, many of the things that Regis has to offer are new and different to me.  I was born in Boulder, Colorado, and I have been raised in the same community for my entire life.  For years, I have been with mostly the same people, in the same environment, and everything has felt very comfortable.  The day of my high school graduation, it hit me, that some of my closest friends, and the people in which I had been with for so long would now be far away, but I also felt a positive shift in maturity and direction, because people now knew their pathways and how they wanted to go forward in life.  During orientation at Regis, I especially had to keep an open mind and take in all of the new things.  I will admittedly say, that although I was incredibly excited to start at Regis, I was also somewhat terrified.  Upon all of the newness, I was asking myself if I would like the campus, if I would like the professors, and if I would make new friends, and when I was thinking about all of those things, and whether they would be right nor not, I became overwhelmed.  Sure enough, it goes to show that following my manifesto of experiencing new things is wonderful, because I absolutely adore every part of Regis.  Now when I think about those questions that I was thinking to myself, I feel slightly ridiculous.  Experiencing newness is great.  I love the beauty of campus, I enjoy all of my professors and my classes, and I can tell that I am making friends at Regis, that will be friends for life.