Finally, senior year has come and it is your turn to rule the school. Although the future holds another world of excitement, don't get lost in what is to come and instead relish in one of the most amazing years of your life.
Enjoy every minute of this year before your life changes forever. Every teacher you hate, every piece of homework you don't want to do, every spirit day and senior event, the parties, the weekends without parties— enjoy it all. Because literally in the blink of an eye, it will all be behind you.
Don’t wish it away. College will inevitably come even if you don’t count down the days, but you will never get back your senior year of high school.
Work hard but not too hard. Take it from someone who hardly graduated because senioritis hit them so badly, the essence of the “disease” is to eliminate stress, but struggling to graduate can get pretty stressful.
Go out every night. Everything at this point will all be just a memory soon and you don't want to miss a thing because one night you were too tired or didn’t feel like it. A huge, open house party at a random kids house usually makes for the best stories. A themed party at your best friend’s house with just your grade will be your favorite party of the year. A girls night in with wine, food, music, and your best friends are the nights that will make you miss high school when you move onto college.
Be open to new things. Maybe it’s a new level of maturity or a mutual nostalgia, but senior year everyone becomes friends with everyone. Do not be the person that limits themselves because they are too ingrained in their own clique.
Love your friends even when you hate your friends. There’s seldom a conflict that 10+ years of friendship can’t resolve. Despite how annoyed you can become with your friends, don’t let it take over your senior year. Don’t lose friends, don’t be petty with friends, just love the people who have shaped your childhood and adolescence because who knows what the year after this will bring. Besides, senior year is nothing without your best friends by your side.
Without getting too emotional, grasp the concept that soon everything will change and although you might not see it now, you will miss how things were. In light of that, make this year your best because it is one you will never forget.