It's graduation day, you're excited out of your mind to finally be done. What you don't realize, or fully realize, is that your life will never be the same again.

This summer is your last summer of freedom.

From now on, you'll be searching for a summer job or internship. There will be no more spontaneous road trips, shopping trips, or lunches out with your friends. It becomes all work and some play. Summers aren't over, but they will never be the same again.

This summer may be the last summer you get to spend with the people you grew up with.

I decided to spend my summer in Utah, working. I don't get to spend it with the people that I grew up with; I get to spend it with the people that I'm really having to grow up with in the adult world. Summers get weird when you have to make grown up decisions; they will never be the same again.

This summer is the last one that you get to be worry free.

Take this time to be worry free. Listen to your parents, spend time with your family, and make this summer the best one yet. Starting in August your whole life will change; you will be on your own for the first time. You may think you're ready for what is ahead, but you are really never ready for the struggles you will experience in your first year at college.

College is going to be the best and worst experience of your life.

College is awesome. The people you meet will truly become your best friends; they will change your life forever. College is hard if you thought high school was hard you've got another thing coming for you. You will stress and threaten to drop out, you won't actually do it, but you'll want to. College is an awesome experience, but it sucks.

Make this summer one you will remember. This is your last summer of real freedom so make it count. Listen to your parents, even if you think they don't understand, they do. Come August everything you've ever known will change.