It’s crazy to look at your life and realize that you’re on the verge of the next chapter. Season one was childhood, building up your personality, finding friends and living a life of no responsibility. Season two is college and I’m about to watch the last five minutes of the season finale and close this chapter of my life…which is insane. I still can’t wrap my head around the fact that life can change so quickly. While this is probably the most cliche thing to read, it still feels like just yesterday that I was moving into my freshman year dorm and embarking on some of the craziest years of my life. And then, the story is finished and you need to start with the new beginning of your next chapter. Strange.
This constant motion both comforts and scares me. Life is obviously fluid and constantly changing, which is nice because if I’m not happy in the spot I’m currently in, I know I can change it soon enough. But on the other hand, being someone who fears the unknown, it is honestly a very scary concept that in the blink of an eye, things could look very different.
I’m on the verge of a very important change in my life. I’m graduating from college in exactly a month. I’m starting a new full-time job as a research assistant studying what I think to be what I’m passionate about doing for the rest of my life. Of course, I don’t know if I’m actually going to succeed, but I’m going to do my absolute best anyway. I’m hoping that I’m doing what is best for me and that this opportunity will lead me to many great things in the future. So yeah, it may not be the easiest path to take, but I know it will give me a hell of a good chapter of life to write about. Which is all anyone can ask for right?
I’ve realized one thing: at this point, certain things in life are coming to an end with a smaller circle of friends, and different morals while other parts are starting all over again with a new cast, new plot lines, and new goals. But, the most important thing you can do is strive to be the best version of yourself. A kinder person, a more intelligent person and a more successful person. In the end, that is what you can actually look back on in a positive way. So the end of season two and the start of season three of life will only give me more opportunities to develop myself into the best version of me I can be and for that, I am grateful.
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