As I sit in my room, day 14 and counting of being home from college on summer break, I cannot help but think: “Where has the time gone?” I am going to be a junior in college this upcoming fall, and that is just crazy to think. I remember my junior year of high school like it was yesterday, and now I’m about to be a junior in college. What?

Can time please just slow down, just a little bit so I can get my bearings together? How it is that I have already completed two years of college? I’m sorry but this is just so hard for me wrap my head around.

I only have my junior year, senior year, and then I'm done. I’ll say it again: What? I thought that high school went by fast, but college is no comparison. Everything that happens in college probably happens 10 times faster than it would in high school.

From the amount of credits taken per semester, how much ramen you’ll consume (seriously), and how close you’ll come to the friends you make, everything happens faster.

I honestly don’t know if I am ready to be finished with college. Because what happens after college?

The real world.

After college the expectation is to move out of your parents’ house, find a new place to live, and start your career.

I’m not ready for all of that, though. There are still so many things I need to learn: how to file taxes, how to buy a house, how to balance a checkbook, and the list could go on because there’s so much! I know that my parents will help me with this stuff, but still.

Being an adult is hard stuff. I really don’t know why it’s glorified so much or why we were in such a rush to grow up, because being a kid was easy.

What responsibilities do kids have? None. I miss the days where I could just sit and watch Disney movies all day without any other responsibilities. Now don’t get me wrong because I will sit and watch Disney movies all day still, (because I sure do love "The Lion King"), but chances are I should have probably need to start something that’ll be due later that week…

The point of this whole thing is that I’m growing up, and it’s slightly scary, but also kind of exciting at the same time. I have two more years of college left, where I will continue to learn, mature, discover, and make memories with my friends, and I intend to make the most of it.