1. "This is senior year. I can do it."
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It's a bittersweet mix of excitement and nostalgia.
2. ...and then senioritis is also a real thing.
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Yes, Netflix. I'm still here.
3. Waking up for 8 am classes never got easier.
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4. And there's always that one gen ed that you take with a bunch of overzealous freshmen.
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5. ...and sometimes you realize you're struggling more than they are.
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6. "What if I fail? What if I'm that one senior who failed a gen ed and sits in the audience at commencement?"
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7. On top of homework, you also have to start doing real-life things like apply for jobs and internships.
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Yeah, no. One or the other, dude.
8. You also realize that you have to budget to afford a car, rent for a grown-up place, gas, and groceries within the next few months.
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9. The engagements are EVERYWHERE.
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10. But you're a strong, independent woman.
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11. You kind of stop worrying as much about what your peers might be thinking, cuz goshdarnit you're all in the same boat.
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12. In fact, even your flirting gets extra confident--if you fail, you only have months of awkward potential-encounters instead of years.
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I said more confident. Not better.
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13. Remember when you said, "This year, I'm going to maintain a normal, adult sleeping schedule"?
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14. Since you're paying for your own groceries, sometimes free food is what you look forward to most about break.
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15. Sometimes dinner is a weird combination of whatever you have left in the cupboard.
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16. When breaks do come around, you bask in every bit of it. They will soon be nonexistent.
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17. And then your friends and family burst your bubble by asking, "So what do you have lined up for after graduation?"
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18. So you start going into grown-up job interviews like:
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19. ...and sometimes coming out of them like:
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20. Come on. You only need one that's like:
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21. And you know, even though you're growing up and becoming an old person...
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