Moving to a city is hard but moving to a different nation is harder. When I was told that I would be moving to Edinburgh I was so upset, I would cry, and cry and it felt like I was drowning in a never-ending whirlpool of stress and grief.
Fast forward to my first day at Fettes, and all I could feel was fear. I felt like people would just judge me because of my accent or tell me that I was different in any way they could find. Of course, it was going to be different and yes there were going to be people that didn’t know me and yes there I was going to try my best to make friends.
Looking back at it, it felt like I was re-living my first day of drama school again, not knowing anyone, people being better than me and people being around my level.
Another time skip back to the end of my first week at Fettes, I was completely exhausted, not to mention the fact that there is Saturday school. I had loads of homework. I longed for London, and I missed all my friends so my first week wasn’t a good start.
But then another week came and another and another. And I was starting to make amazing friends, I had learnt everyone’s name in house, I was starting to remember my way around all the different buildings.
Although we’re now six weeks into school, and we’re past the halfway mark, things can be a bit overwhelming and that’s completely normal. Even if you’re in third, fourth, fifth, sixth or upper sixth form it is completely normal to feel a bit stressed sometimes. So, all you need to do is to take a deep breath and keep going and as hard as it seems you must keep going. Look forward to something whether it’s a rec leave, a holiday or an event. Look ahead, that’s the best piece of advice I can give you right now especially at this point in the year.
We’re over halfway now, so not long to go I promise.