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Whats Next? The Ever-Present Fear Of Life After College

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Whats Next? The Ever-Present Fear Of Life After College
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Whats next?

What Happens next?

What direction is my life going?

These are all thoughts I have felt about my graduation from College closing in.

I graduate from school in the next month, and I couldn't be more excited, or more terrified for what comes next. I am insanely excited to get out of the small town I have lived in for the last two and a half years of school, and I am so nervous to decide what is best for me post graduation.

I have spent 4.5 years trying to decide which classes to pick, which professors work well with my personality and the scheduling of how to get a perfect nap in. So now I am left wondering, where do I go from here?

I feel like every other college graduate or almost graduate has this fear as well. The fear of both moving on and the fear of being unleashed into the real world with no safety net.

Long story short, I am terrified for the next chapter of my life, but this is what happens. Life is constantly changing and we need to learn how to adapt and roll with the punches and growing up is one of them. Being an adult means graduating, getting a job, or even going back to school.

I have accepted the fact that sometimes I will be scared about what is going to happen to me once I leave the safety net that I have been surrounded by and I am at terms with it. I have become excited about my future, I have so many amazing opportunities in front of me and most of the decisions I make are the fun ones. These decisions will decide the path I will end up on and who I will meet along the way.

I couldn't be more excited for life after College, because thats where the real "Life" begins.

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