Truth Tuesday: Thoughts every senior has in the last week of school

In a few days, I will be graduating from college with my best friends and I have had so many thoughts about my college career coming to an end.

Here are a few that I've noticed keep recurring, and I'm sure many seniors are experiencing the same:

1. Everything is a "last." As a senior, we notice everything that may be "the last." The last time I'll eat at a restaurant, the last time I'll walk through the halls of this building, the last time I'll dress up for a presentation, the last time I'll be at my organization's meeting. The list goes on, but everything starts to become a "last" and it's sad.

2. You get emotional at random times.

I've started to get teary-eyed at the most random times, remembering that this will be over soon, reminiscing on the good times I've had at this university. I got sappy writing a comment on a course evaluation- what?!

3. You want to stop time.

Sometimes I just sit and look at my friends around me, laughing, loving life, and I just want to freeze time and stay in this moment longer.

4. Has it really been four years?

I cannot believe that I have been here for four years. Where did the time go? I feel like I was a freshman five minutes ago, and now I'm preparing to say goodbye.

5. We are going to stay friends forever...right?

I'm already making plans with my friends for annual girls trips, and making plans for summer to keep in touch with the people I've grown closest to in the past few months.

6. I'm not ready.

I keep thinking about the past four years and wondering, am I ready? Am I prepared for my career? Is my work good enough? I keep doubting myself, but I don't doubt the education I've received from my university, and I trust that I will figure the rest out on my own.

7. I used to hate this place, now I never want to leave.

I used to hate going to my morning classes, spending every night doing homework and writing my to-do lists in my agenda. Now I'm dragging my feet leaving my morning classes, spending hours on my laptop, feeling an odd sense of longing for more homework and adding items to my to-do list just because I don't want to leave my home for the past four years.

8. Can I cram everything into these last few days?

I'm visiting every restaurant, trying every food I haven't in the past few years, forcing all of my friends to hang out every day because I'm not ready to leave yet.

9. This isn't really happening.

Everything feels surreal. It doesn't really feel like graduation is right around the corner. It doesn't feel real that I might not see many of these people after graduation, or that I won't talk to the people in my program everyday about life's stresses.

10. Is it normal to feel this way?

Does every senior feel like this? I feel like a sap and an emotional wreck, but I love these people too much to not see their faces every day. Everything in the past four years has led me to the person I am today, and I would not change a thing. Shout out to my best friends Kate and Lauren, and my roommates, for being by my side for all of the emotions the past couple weeks.

To all of my sappy seniors, I feel you. To those that are still in college, enjoy it! It goes by too fast (and I know you hear that all the time but it's true).

I hope some of my readers relate to this :)

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