As graduation is rapidly approaching, I feel as though my brain is all over the place. I've officially applied for some jobs and I'm very excited to hear back from them (and hopefully receive an interview). Some of the companies are very interesting, so I look forward to the newest chapter in my life. But with a new chapter comes reservations about leaving the old one.
I've lived in Georgia my entire life, minus the year I spent in Kentucky. I am so grateful that I spent that year there. I wasn't happy I transferred, and even to this day, I wonder how different my life would have been if I would have stayed there longer. I know I wouldn't have my amazing dogs, so the trade-off is worth it, but what direction would my life have gone? Being alone in Kentucky, 6 hours away from everything I was used to, definitely made me into a more mature and independent person. Rather, it didn't make me; it forced me.
Once I moved home and continued school here, I began feeling as though I was stuck in a rut. I was in a "relationship" (to put it lightly) that had no true beginning or end in sight. I was stuck at a job where although I was making good money, I felt that I wasn't truly respected for my work. I never felt comfortable at UGA, didn't know what I wanted to major in, what I wanted to do in my life. I chose my major because, at the time, it was where my credits went towards. As I got into my major, I became more interested in communication and liked where I was going.
Now that I am graduating college and not attending graduate school (for now), I'm very impatient to find out what will happen in the coming months. What job will I end up having? Where will I live?
I may not know the answers to the questions yet, but I know they will come. The one person who has truly kept me going has been my mom. Through all my stresses and worries, she's been the complete rock (boulder really) who has kept me holding on and striving forward to be a college graduate. She never graduated college, so I can see how happy it makes her that my sister and I have worked hard. I have a lot of freak out moments and she's always been the one to keep me going and never let me doubt myself. I don't know what I would do without her.
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Hi Girlie!! Stay strong :) This point in your life is expected to give you those freak out moments... it is the big transition - from being a student to being an adult. It won't be easy, nothing ever is. But - you sound like you are prepared.. and that is the best way to get through these moments of uneasiness. You will do so well Christine :) Take care and I miss you.
ReplyDeleteLove in AOT, Jenny