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5 Things I Wish I Knew About High School As A Current Graduating Senior

"High School is truly what you make it."

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May 10, 2019

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Class of 2019 we made it! From the long nights of test cramming to the stress filled days of exams, we are finally graduating! While graduation is a big step in determining our futures, whether or not you decide to pursue a college degree or enlist in the military or join the workforce I wish all my fellow seniors the best of luck in all endeavors you choose to pursue. Here are just a few things that I wished I had known prior to senior year that would have made things just a little bit easier for me.

1. Always make sure you prioritize your mental and physical health first!

Make sure you are getting enough hours of sleep! Maintaining a healthy diet is also key! Remember that you are important and valid so make sure that you take that extra "you" time for yourself!

2. Spend extra time with friends and family

Graduation can be rough on any senior! This new phase of life can be tolling on your loved ones. Be sure to spend a little bit more time with those special to you because they are feeling the exact same feelings you are!

3. It's okay not to have it all figured out

It's okay not to have it all figured out yet! Post-Grad decision making can be overwhelming and stressful! Make choices that you are going to be happy with, NOT for other people.

4. Listen to advice and suggestions from teachers and counselors

Your teachers and counselors are truly wise resources to go to if you need help or just general words of wisdom. However take their words with a grain of salt, because in the end you are in control of your own future and destiny. You are the captain of the ship and you control on where it ends up next!

5. Breathe because you are GRADUATING

I know it can seem unrealistic at times but yes, you are GRADUATING! To my fellow senior reading this, you deserve every round of applause and may your future be forever bright!

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Cool Off with These 8 Beers!

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Summer is hot and humid, and it's almost like summer was made specifically to drink the refreshing, cold, crisp wonderful, delicious, nutritious nectar of the gods. Which is none other than beer; wonderful cold beer. With summer playing peek-a-boo around the corner while we finish up this semester, it's time to discuss the only important part of summer. And if you haven't already guessed, it's beer. There are few things I take more seriously than my beer, in order are: sports... and beer. Here are my favorite summer brews:

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5 Things I Wish I Knew About High School As A Current Graduating Senior

"High School is truly what you make it."

1. Always make sure you prioritize your mental and physical health first!

2. Spend extra time with friends and family

3. It's okay not to have it all figured out

4. Listen to advice and suggestions from teachers and counselors

5. Breathe because you are GRADUATING

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Appreciation for some of life's most discredited pleasures.

1. Sun showers

2. Smiles

3. Tight hugs

4. Discovering new foods you like.

5. Laying in bed after a long day.

6. And being completely relaxed

7. "This reminded me of you"

8. Breakfast foods

9. Over-sized clothes

10. Contagious laughs

11. Car rides with that one person

12. Random (I miss you/ I love you) texts

13. The city at night

14. Surprises

15. Blanket cocoons

16. Good hair days

17. Really good coffee

18. Days where you're in a good mood naturally and for no particular reason

19. Conquering a fear

20. When they give you a lot of guac at Chipotle

21. Being so comfortable with someone that you can literally talk about anything

22. Home-cooked meals

23. Tattoo stories

24. Leaves changing color in fall

25. Butterflies in your stomach

26. Peanut butter & jelly sandwiches

27. When you can't stop laughing

Cool Off with These 8 Beers!

Coors Light Summer Brew:

Leinenkugel Summer Shandy

Leinenkugel Sunset Wheat

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Sam Adams Summer Ale

Hell or High Watermelon

Blue Moon Summer Honey

LandShark Lager

Corona

75 degrees and sunny, plus, no humidity. I mean do I really need to say more?

Perfect Weather

You'll get an effortless tan

You can exercise with a view

You don't have to worry about bug bites

In n Out all day, every day

We have outdoor concerts

We live where people vacation

Because let's be honest, we all use lyrics.

1. “Don’t get too close, it’s dark inside. It's where my demons hide.”

2. “Tonight, we are young.”

3. “Cuz I may be bad, but I’m perfectly good at it.”

4. “Tell me how they got that pretty little face on that pretty little frame.”

5. “I can’t wait to fall in love with you, you can’t wait to fall in love with me.”

6. “Sweatpants, hair tied, chillin with no makeup on.”

7. “Why you so obsessed with me?”

8. “We ain’t ever getting older.”

9. “I didn’t know that I was starving until I tasted you.”

10. “Didn’t they tell you I’m a savage?"

11. “I’m gonna make you miss me.”

12. "Cheers to the freakin weekend.”

13. “Love’s a game. Wanna play?”

14. “You don’t know about me, but I bet you want to.”

15. “Let’s set each other’s lonely nights, Be each other’s paradise.”

16. “Trippin’ on skies, sippin’ waterfalls."

17. “Wish we could turn back time, to the good old days.”

18. “But you will remember me for centuries.”

19. “Something about you makes me feel like a dangerous woman."

20. “Don’t act like it’s a bad thing to fall in love with me.”

21. “Darling, I’m a nightmare dressed like a daydream.”

22. “Find me where the wild things are.”

23. “I’m high on lovin’ you.”

24. “If you’re gonna be somebody’s heartbreak, somebody’s mistake, if you’re gonna be somebody’s first time, somebody’s last time, be mine.”

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1. "Talk about a dream
Try to make it real
You wake up in the night
With a fear so real
Spend your life waiting
For a moment that just don't come
Well don't waste your time waiting." (Badlands)