I graduated college in May, and I'm now 6 months out from graduation. Well, it's more than 6 months but having a title counting out the weeks, hours, minutes and seconds seemed a little over the top. This might be a mix of happy and sad points. Let's call them sappy points.

1. Every decision you agonized over seems insignificant.

When you are still in college, every choice you make either feels meaningless or holds the weight of the world. It depends on the situation, and on who you are as a person. But let's be real, college forces you to stress about things you should not stress over.

Things like, 'oh my gosh, I might not get a cotillion ticket' or 'this guy in my English class looked at me weird. Should I do something? What should I do?'. Really, the list goes on and on. But what I'm trying to say is that all of the things that felt like they would make your break your existence as a human (at the time) were never as important as you thought.

2. Every decision you breezed through seems more significant.

You know those decisions you wanted to put off? Like saving money? Or, just not spending it as much of it? Yeah, those were actually really freaking important.

3. People stop caring after graduation.

Maybe you were actually popular, maybe you were only popular in your own sense of the word. Personally, I would prefer the second choice. But a lot of the people you would describe as 'my friend so and so' stopped trying after you got your diploma. Maybe it was because of life circumstances and did not mean to. Maybe not. It's up to you to decide if you want to know.

4. You were used for someone else's gain.

Looking back, I'm sure you can thinks of a few instances. I know I can. It's a fact of life that at one point or another someone is going to do it. Those moments when someone looked to you for the answer to their problem, and you wanted to be the person to give it. You were used for your skill, your influence, position or a thousand other things you chose to share. All for someone else to get what they wanted. You didn't notice enough to care then. So why care now? You tell me.

5. College alters your perception of time passing.

I have been working at my job for what is essentially one semester but the time has moved twice as fast. The difference is that most people dread going to class and doing assignments. They might not necessarily like working, but there is a paycheck in it for them.

6. You are never really ready to graduate.

For the last couple of months that I was in school I didn't even think the word graduation because I was not ready. I didn't have a job lined up, and I was a little nervous about moving back home after being away at school for 4 years. Looking back, I realize that I would not have been ready to graduate even if I didn't have any obstacles. Everything that made my life what it was the last few years was about to change, and is anyone ever really ready for that?