Senior Year

As I am approaching the last few weeks of my summer vacation, the thought of my senior year both excites and terrifies me. I am looking forward to enjoying my last year hanging with my friends, going to parties and not having to worry about the world of payments and employment. However, the thought that this is my last year of security and comfort is beginning to freak me out. I have spent three years in the safe bubble of Santa Clara and am not sure if I will be ready to leave it at the end of the year. My college experience was full of excitement, friendships, lessons and hardships that helped in grow in one way or another. I am truly grateful to have had the opportunity to go away to college. Not only has it taught me many wonderful academic things, but it has taught me more about myself. However, I still have some doubts about myself and the future. I am not entirely sure of what I want to do after I live the halls of Santa Clara. There are still many unknowns that are rapidly approaching. Will a degree in communications be enough to get me a job? Will I even be able to find a job? Will that job be enough money to support myself? And where will I be living? As I start to prepare to go back to school, I try to mentally prepare myself and embrace the unknowns ahead. I try to tell myself to be excited for the changes ahead and for now just live in the moment. Enjoy your last nine month of comfort and freedom. I have grown so much since I walked into dorms 3 years ago and still have one more year to go. Who knows, maybe at the end of year I will be able to answer those questions. But for now, I am just going to live in the moment. Because as Bill Keane said, "the past is history, the future is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.”