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5 Main Thoughts That Run Through Your Head While Graduating

Those common graduation thoughts.

Leah Russell
Jun 05, 2017
UNC Greensboro
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5 Main Thoughts That Run Through Your Head While Graduating
Tiffany Goodman // Unsplash

1. So ready to be done with this town

I feel like everything that is happening is a sign to leave. I don’t think this needs very much elaboration.

2. Everything reminds me of leaving

A bad grade…. won’t be as bad in college. A bad day at work…… won’t matter in a month or so. Parents nagging……. won’t happen as much in college.

3. What am I going to do?

I think about how I’ve never truly adulted, how I have never had to buy all my food, and it gets scary. I start to think about how I am going to provide, while doing full time schooling with only a part time job. I start adding up how much everything costs, and think about how I will pay for it. It truly scares me.

4. I need this…... and this…... and this

I am a big over-achiever; I hate waiting till last minute. So even before graduating, I am purchasing books and buying materials. It drives me nuts to know I don’t have some of the things I will need in 2 months. I get made fun of for it, but I feel I need to do it.

5. I'm gonna miss….

I look at everything and wonder when the next time I will see it is. I will miss the smell of my work uniform (I hate it now), I will miss the dogs barking when we walk in the door. I will miss the rainbow blanket in my room, I will miss going to blue waters pool with my family. I will miss home cooked meals that I don’t care for now.

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