When you were in high school, senior year was the year that you looked forward to, the year in which you ruled the school and had the fun senior perks. You couldn’t wait to be out of that school and move onto the next step. You were asked what you might want to major in and possibly what you want to do in the future. You may or may not have had the answer but that was OK. No one really wanted a definite answer from you.
Now you’re a senior in college, and everyone wants a real answer. Now you have a year of getting everything you need to graduate and mentally preparing for it. You have a year of hard decisions and final classes. You have a year of final college memories and a year of watching the final goodbyes coming closer.
Soon you have to step into the real world. This can be either terrifying, exciting, or, if you’re like me, a mixture of both. Now you have to get a real, lasting job, pay bills, possibly live on your own, and all the other things that come with being a fully independent adult. You’ll always have your best friends to call up when you need them. You’ll always have the memories of them and the meet ups that y’all will organize to see each other. The happiness and the friendships of college will never end; you’ll keep them close always. You just won’t be at college as long as you wish you could be.
The last few years went by quite fast, I guess time does that when you’re not looking. It flies by when you think you have all the time in the world. You might be thinking to yourself, how did I get here so soon?! I swear I just waved goodbye to my parents for the first time.
I only have one piece of advice for you. Treasure this last year. Treasure the memories that college has given you. Treasure the late-night studying with your friends that turn into late-night shenanigans. Treasure the movie nights with your roommate. Treasure the long talks with your best friends. Treasure the friendships, relationships, and connections that you’ve made over the last few years. Treasure the closeness to professors and mentors. Treasure the real world knowledge that you’ve been given. Treasure the picnics and the summer fun. Treasure the faces of the people that mean so much to you.
Treasure everything.
