<p>So I'm a junior and this is the time to get even more serious about schoolwork, SAT/ACT tests, and colleges. To really think about what I want to do, where I want to go, and do I seriously want to consider this or am I just interested in it. It just puts in a feeling of denial that I am soon going to become independent and a more serious individual for society. I know this feeling will increase next year as a senior while applying to colleges and getting ready for another stage in my life. So is it just me or has anyone else experienced feelings like this? Right now I trying to face all of this, lol "No excuses!" Sorry for the heavy post, but this has been on my mind for awhile.</p>
<p>I would say almost everyone gets that feeling. Im graduating in 100 school days and the fact that I might even live with my parents for the first time ever is frightening! But I am excited for the independence and increase if responsibility! I feel like Ive been waiting for this for my whole life!</p>
<p>I think it is a hard thing to realize. Your life passes by faster every year as each year becomes a smaller portion of your life. I remember I used to think car rides were so long and that Christmas would never come, but as I got older, I realized that every thing was coming by faster and faster. It’s important that you enjoy every moment and not live waiting for something to happen like college. If you are always waiting for the “real world” and anticipating it, you will miss everything that actually happens to you, and wind up in the future looking back on the past regretting that you did not embrace your time. Find some sort of joy in everything you do. Your life will be over soon, whether you realize it or not, as you are only alive for an infinitely small amount of time. Fortunately for someone like myself, I can look forward to what awaits me after death, even if it does not await me. But off of the dark topic, death, and on to the “real world.” I think the most important thing you can do is be confident. Never doubt yourself and your capabilities, and never let your fear hold you back. Would you rather die telling your grand kids, if you have them, that you should have taken the opportunity to do something you enjoyed, or that although you were unsure of what you were doing, it all worked out and you enjoyed your time. You’re about to be independent, and now its your turn to change the world. Go big or go home.</p>
<p>I feel nostalgic for when I was a younger kid even though I’m probably going to feel more nostalgic about this time of my life when I get older and I don’t really have a way of appreciating that.
And I feel a lot of pressure to accomplish stuff.</p>