The In-Between Stage
/With graduation less than two weeks away, I’m feeling strange. Though I think about it often, the gravity of these remaining days being my last days of college FOREVER still hasn’t hit me. My brain is having a hard time processing this fact. This is made weirder by the fact that I haven’t stepped foot on my physical campus in over a year, so it feels like I’m preparing to say goodbye to an estranged friend. At the same time, the transition away feels strangely natural. It seems right that I should be moving on to the next thing. It feels right to be planning goodbye dinners and post-graduation trips because it’s been a long time, right?
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I turned 25 years old this month, and it has been a journey getting here. Scientifically, your brain is supposed to be fully developed at 25, so I guess there is no longer an excuse for being a knucklehead anymore. But the truth is, I still feel 12 years old—unsure of myself, worried about making friends, and fighting off acne on my forehead. All of those challenges remain, except now I have a light bill to pay too.