I’m graduating in two weeks. I’m about to submit one of the very last assignments of my university career. I’m almost 23 and I feel like I have been at UNC forever. I’ll be working in a full-time career starting in the fall. I’ll be honest… I feel so damn old already. Part of me wishes I could press a button and go back to being a senior in high school. I’d love to sit and take the SAT and do easy algebra and reading comprehension. I’d love to take some BS freshman classes on anthropology or literature and go rush a fraternity or do a bunch of activities. It’s all over now. It’s gonna be 60 hours a week in a professional career.
It only goes by faster! Especially if you have a family that is a FACT!
Every older person even if cognizant of “father time” always says “It went by sooooooo FAST!”.
I don’t even think it went by quickly. High school feels like forever ago. I’m just at the point where it’s like crap… I’m 22 and the game is almost over. I think post-grad life will be okay, but it will be nothing like running around as an undergrad at UNC. And I don’t like getting older at all.
I already responded to your other post with a similar theme. I suggest that you bookmark this thread and come back a year from now and assess whether or not you still feel old. You won’t be running around UNC anymore as an undergrad, and maybe you are grieving that. You had a college life that has meant something to you, that is wonderful. When you start your job, you will probably be one of the youngest again. There will be nothing to stop you from meeting new friends and having a fun time running around and discovering your new city or town. And, you’ll get to do that with your own money! At 22 at the end of college you have really just started adulthood. College was a transition to this point. You and your parents should be proud. Congratulations!
Why are you working 60 hours a week?
@NorthernMom61 I liked this answer the best out of all of them
It’s always good to keep things in perspective. I’m 25 and in my first year at college because i joined the military out of high school and wont graduate until i’m 29. So I probably won’t begin my career until i’m about 30. I try not to dwell on the past on what i could have done differently, which i know it hard to do, but it just keeps you thinking about
the “what ifs” in life. Having a professional job will have its new set of challenges but try to learn as much as you can and think about the positives like no more college essays or projects with all the deadlines 