Dear Seniors,

There's more to life than high school.

You get to a moment in time where you feel like you're running yourself dry overturning in a lab report or study for a math quiz. And while those things do matter, they don't control everything.

I'm in a bit of a funk right now going into the ending of my sophomore year of college, and honestly, I'm about to declare that any sophomore year, is just no fun.

But after two years of being graduated from high school, I've come to the realization that there is more to life than what you live (or lived) in high school.

I'll be honest, I've had a bit of a bum school year so far and I don't really know if I can pinpoint why. I feel like I'm on a train that just keeps going and has no stops but somehow more people keep getting on board.

I'm in a feeling of just plain loneliness. And I know in retrospect that I'm not actually alone, but that doesn't stop the feeling from being there. And of course, when you're in a bum mood where nothing seems to be going right, what does any (somewhat) sane person do? Wallow. And then go down memory lane of everything that used to be good or figure out anything you could've done wrong.

With that, I came to the realization, that there's more to life than the life I lived in high school.

I used to care so much about what was going on in my day to day life, and whether people liked me or why they didn't like me. I cared about if I looked a certain way or did something right versus wrong. And all I could figure out from this is that none of that matters now. There is more to life than high school.

Be happy. Be so happy about graduating high school and completing 13 years of required schooling. Be proud of yourself for getting that far. It's important to graduate high school. But there is more to life than the life you lived in high school.

My experience coming into college was not all that I thought it would be. I didn't make friends right away, I didn't love my college from the start, I didn't know what I was doing at all. I saw my friends from high school on social media seem like they were having the time of their life and all I could think was what was I doing wrong.

All I've learned is that there was more to life than high school.

Every problem I've ever had within my four years of high school does not matter now. I thought everything used to be something, seems like it's nothing now.

There's more to life than high school.

I came to college with expectations of what life may or may not be. I graduated high school thinking every friend I had, was going to be a lifelong friend of mine. Truth be told, I think I can count on one hand the number of people I still keep in touch with from high school.

There's nothing wrong with old friends and staying friends and appreciating high school.

But there's more to life than high school.

There are things that you should always be proud of and graduating high school is one of them. But there's more to life than high school.

I'm trying this new method of living each day as if it's their own. I'm really trying to live more in the moment of things I'm doing because I really just feel like I'm rushing through things just trying to finish, finish what? I have no idea.

But live each day as it's own, and realize there's more to life than the life you lived in high school.