So, I just graduated college... now what? Well, I’ll be starting an internship this summer and I’m writing articles for Odyssey. While I’m focused on those, I’ll be searching for jobs on the various job searching websites that I was given while in college. Even though I have a plan, I still feel weirded out that I graduated. Throughout my four years, I worried that I wouldn’t graduate on time, and now I have. Everything flew by quickly and I was able to accomplish things such as being a teacher's assistant, participating in clubs/events, and even managed to write and self-publish a book in between my studies (I’m also currently working on a sequel). I did a lot, but I also feel like I didn’t do enough.

I’m an introvert so sometimes I'd rather be sitting in bed, watching movies instead of going out to parties and drinking. But I tried to be social by going to events on campus and talking to my fellow classmates. However, last year was difficult for me since I had lost ties with several friends because of mistakes I made, and so I’m worried about making those mistakes again. I know that everyone makes mistakes, it’s part of life, so I’m going to keep making mistakes, but I also want to do better with keeping relationships and moving forward.

I've graduated, it’s a new chapter in my life, I’ll be meeting new people and exploring new things. It’s weird though, I’ve been in school for most of my life and now it’s over. No more essays, or exams, or homework...now it’s looking for something else to do, something productive. But right now I want to relax, play some video games, read a new book, watch TV or movies, and continue working on my book series.

I start my internship next week, so I have enough time to be lazy. I deserve my laziness, and everyone who has graduated deserves it too. We all went through a lot over the past four years, and we did it. We finished our last finals, our last projects, our last whatever school work there was left. It's time to move forward, but the transition is hard. I’m sure I’m not the only one who’s still wrapping their head around the notion that they’re done.

I’m proud that I graduated, but I feel like I should’ve done more in college. I should’ve gone to more events, I should’ve participated more in clubs, I should’ve been more social, but I’m at least glad that I was able to accomplish things such as being a teacher’s assistant, writing a book, and finding an internship. I was worried that I wouldn’t have been able to find one, and now I have something else to put on my resume.