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[crooked_fences]

Dear People on Livejournal who have already graduated college,

Do you have any advice about anything and everything that relates to graduation?

(i.e. Can you try and make me feel better about it?)

Love,
Tim

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[nextjanuary]

You're probably afraid of after graduation, right?

I'm no expert, but these are things that have helped me transition from college life to *gasp* [real!] life beyond college.

My advice:

1) Start looking for jobs now. You'll feel a lot better if you at least have a job waiting for you, no matter what the job is. It may not be in your field or have anything to do with your degree, but in these times, a job is a job and it's best to have at least a little money coming in.

2) Friends will change. Your relationship with your college friends will change when everyone goes their own path: some to grad school, some to jobs, some to other states or countries. It's hard. And that's the thing I miss about being in college - being always surrounded by friends. That is a big transition, but it helps to remember that the really important ones will be the ones with whom you'll keep in touch no matter what, and the less important ones will fade away. You have to make a bigger effort to hang out, but then it's so worth it.

3) I am so

[sunnyrea]

I agree with all of this!

[tanaearanduril]

Heya, stranger! A couple more (somewhat frivolous) words to the wise

[crooked_fences]

Thanks so much for all of that, Catie. You are completely right about returning to Hood. I contemplated it for a while, but then I realized that it would effectively just trap me in Frederick. Forever.

I don't really want to live here ever again. It's a good place to remember as it was in when I was in college, but, unless I'm trying to raise a family or something, this is not the place to spend my raging twenties.

You're direct and blunt, and that's what I really appreciate about this post.

I hope life after Hood is going well for you!

[mrkuhn]

you feel like you earned something.

it forces you into a new situation (which is good, although it seems bad).

You become a "real" adult

uhhhh, that's about it.