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            “Are you excited to graduate? Or nervous? It’s probably a bit of both isn’t it!”

That’s the question every college senior gets from adults they meet every time they learn they’re graduating. I think I’ve heard it more times than I can count at this point, but as graduation gets closer I think I have my answer. 

I’m excited.

Not because I want to be done with school, or want to start paying bills. I’m excited for what is to come and what I’ll be able to do. 

For most of college, I was dreading graduation. Living on my own in a brand new city, and knowing no one? No thanks, I'll stay in school as long as I can.

But in the first weeks of my spring semester as a senior, I started to apply for jobs. And those jobs began to reply to me. Realizing that all my hard work in school and internships wasn't for nothing and that I was going to be okay.

When I came to terms that this semester was potentially going to be the last semester of school I would ever take, life after graduating looked better than ever. I wasn’t worried about what I was going to do after, I knew I would succeed. 

I would see Tik Toks of people’s evenings after work or on the weekends, and I found myself wanting to experience that, instead of quickly swiping past it. I wanted to be able to design my apartment how I wanted to. I wanted to cook my own meals how I liked. Even the most benign activities to most adults, like painting a wall a different color, seemed exciting to me. 

I’ve realized that the first chapter of my life is coming to a close, but a new one is just around the corner. 



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