I’m not sure why I’m in such a rush to grow up sometimes. It could be because everyone around me already has at least 2 kids and is engaged or married. That makes me feel a bit behind. Yet, I am not envious at the same time because I really enjoy my young freedom. College is the best years, they weren’t lying. As I am about to enter my last year of undergrad, I can’t help but notice how grown up I’ve become… Maybe a little too grown up…

When I am at school, I constantly worry about what I will have for dinner. In fact, I try to plan it out for every single day, as if I’m possibly going to know what I will be hungry for five days from today. Going to the grocery store has become an everyday activity at this point in my life. You know, in case I change my mind on what I want to eat. If I buy everything at once, I may not want it anymore and will either force myself to eat it, or go and spend more money on food that I do not have.

The lack of sleep is SO real. I feel like I age times 5 every single birthday since I started college. I am constantly tired and craving a nap, finding any way I can to fit it into my busy daily schedule at school. And don’t worry, I always find a way to make it work. Let me put it this way, I would totally cut out studying to take a good two-to- three-hour nap. You betcha. On average, I get about 5-6 hours of sleep a night while at school. And over summer break, it’s even worse. I get up for work at 4:30 a.m. every day. I usually don’t fall asleep until between 11 and 12 p.m. You do that math!

More than anything, I crave to have an extravagant social life. I love to go out with friends on the weekends and make memories, even ones I won’t remember. Especially now during summer break, my top priority is to travel as much and as far as my bank account will allow basically. I’ve already been to 2 destinations on my summer bucket list, and we’ve only been on break for a month. So far, pretty successful I’d say. Still, there is never enough time or money for everywhere I’d like to explore.

Lastly, I love decorating and designing. Like I really love it guys. To the point where if you looked at my recent search history, you would see IKEA pop up, a lot. I also look at listings for houses on Zillow too often, in areas that I’d die to live in after graduation (like Florida). I am obsessed with planning for the future, down to the T. It’s like a virus that I can’t kick from my system really. Everyone is in such a rush to grow up, and part of me is, too.