I never really took the saying “time is precious” to heart. When I was in high school, all the seniors told us freshmen that senior year would come sooner than we could have ever imagined; I didn't believe them. High school was kind of terrible; it felt like it was going on for forever, but then suddenly I found myself a senior, graduating from high school heading off to college.

It’s funny how that works, how life can pretty much just fly by when you could never even imagine that being a possibility. I guess the most important thing that i’ve learned is that even though we don't have much time, we have to make the most of what we do have. It feels like only last semester I was coming to BU for the first time, a little scared freshman, nervous about class and meeting new people. But now I’m a Sophomore, going on 20. It’s so scary how time can go by that fast. In just about two years, I’ll be graduating from college. At least I hope that’s what will happen. The thing is that , I’ll never know what's going to happen one month from now, or one year from now, but I have to do what I can in the moment to make my time worthwhile. I never imagined college would move this quickly, or that my life would go by at the speed it's going. It’s definitely scary, getting older, but there's nothing we can do about it. The clock will keep ticking the world is going to go on.

Losing time is a scary thought. Time is precious and I didn’t really understand that until now. Every time you see a family member, tell them you love them. When you see a friend, tell them how much you appreciate their constant loyalty and support. When there's a challenge ahead, go at it full force. When there's a risk, take it. Life’s going to go on and we might as well make the most of it while we can.