To Seniors who can’t wait to get to college,

I am writing this in hopes that you will take my advice. Right about now, you should be picking out prom dresses, hoping that someone will prompose to you, and you are just waiting for graduation and the fun summer that is to follow. You are probably also going through some hard times, too. You are probably thinking that you cannot wait to pack up and leave home in a few months. I am going to tell you not to think like that.

Senior year should be the best time of your life. You are spending your final year with the people that have been by your side for four years; and in some cases twelve years. This is the time that you should be going to basketball games, parties, and any other events that your high school has. You shouldn’t be missing out because it’s a “stupid freshman thing,” or because you’re going through friendship/relationship problems.

Take my advice because I have been there. I let stupid things effect my senior year and I will always regret that. I should’ve spent every weekend with my friends and not worry about “why he hasn’t texted back,” or “how could she say that after everything we’ve been through.” I missed out on things I shouldn’t have and you shouldn’t do the same.

To anyone that thinks prom is stupid, go anyways. I promise that it will be worth it. Prom is the last time that your class will all be together before graduation. It will be a fun time.

Go to that game, even though your best friend can’t go. Stop worrying about what your mom said that made you mad and stop wanting to leave home so bad. You will not be saying that when you are finally gone.

For what is left of your senior year, make it awesome. Don’t let anyone ruin it and do things you never thought you would. Say hi to someone you don’t know, give advice to a freshman, be happy. Make your friends do new things, instead of the same old stuff. Go on a road trip, go hiking, get lost somewhere. Do things that you will always remember.

Make this a time you will not regret because soon it will all be gone. In a few months, you will see your classmates for the last time as you watch them take their diploma and disappear from your life. Make sure that they will always remember you and that you and them will always look back at your senior year and smile.

From, the girl who wishes she did the same