It's been a little over a month since I graduated college, and to be honest, I am not sure how I really feel about it. What I can say is graduating comes with a mixed bag of emotions.

Throughout my whole senior year, I was honestly so excited to graduate and had the typical case of senioritis. I also thought that when I woke up the day after graduation, I would start my perfect post-grad life, and everything would magically fall into place. I would become a completely responsible adult with all of my stuff together overnight. I would be sensational and make everyone proud. That didn't happen.

I don't want to turn this into a sob story because I'm loving post-grad life! It feels like a refreshing and much-needed change of pace to not have to constantly keep up with homework, three jobs, and social obligations. My workload has substantially decreased, and my emotional stability has definitely increased because of this. However, at times, I really do miss college, and it's hard to believe everything is over already.

I finally have weekends again! In college, sure you had weekends, but they were filled with homework you still had to get done. Speaking of homework... I still have dreams where I skip a final exam, fail a class, or get an email saying I still need one class left to graduate. This could possibly stem from the fact I'm still in disbelief I graduated in the normal amount of time. How did I manage that when I constantly stretched myself so thin?

Overall, I am, of course, super proud of myself! I'm overjoyed to be done with college.

However, there are definitely some aspects I miss about it, and I realize I might never have these luxuries again. I never realized how much freedom I truly had. I never felt free necessarily, but out here in the real world, you're always working. In college, your only real obligation was turning in necessary assignments and passing classes. Speaking of classes... I miss learning! College offers such a plethora of knowledge and while I don't miss homework, I miss the classroom experience.