I know I shouldn't, but I am going to address the situation at hand. It's time for school again. Time for those early mornings, lectures, papers, clubs, endless cups of coffee, and everyone's favorite, group projects.

It is time to start the balancing act again. Running from school to work, and school to the gym, and from the gym to any extracurriculars. In between all this, you have to find time to eat, sleep, shower, and socialize.

As much as I love the summer season, and dreading that it's over, fall is definitely my next favorite season. The colors, deep muted yellows, reds, and browns. The fashion, boots, flannels, and sweaters. Most of all, the food, especially pumpkin spice!

While I admittedly do feel a little eager for the semester to start, I always get the feeling that I have so much to do but so little time. I often find my mind racing and trying to calculate all of the time I will need to do everything and get at least seven hours of sleep.

It gets even harder when the weather starts to get cold. I just want to sit inside with a cup of coffee aching for the summer time again. Somehow, every year I persevere through the weather, but I still feel the sense that time is hanging over me like a dark cloud.

A few days ago in one of my pre-work pep talks with myself, I had the idea of accepting where I am right now in life. I am 21, I just started a new job, I just moved to my own place, and I'm a senior in college.

Truthfully, when I first turned 21, I really felt the new found freedom of being able to go to the liquor store and purchase alcohol legally. I think I might have gone there every weekend for a month after my birthday. Now, about four months later, I might go once or twice a month.

If I'm being brutally honest, it's taken me a lot of getting used to this new nine to five life. I just have to keep reminding myself that I'm grateful to have a steady job right now and that I'm only 21, so I have my whole life ahead of me.

Moving out was also a struggle emotionally in the beginning, but I just had to adjust. My friends were like my second family during that time, so it helped a lot.

The fact that I'm a college senior is beyond lunacy! I can't believe this time is here! I have been contemplating staying a little after I graduate and picking up one or two minors. I just want to get more experience and learn more about things that interest me, but I've never actually pursued because I was too much in my thoughts.

It's kind of funny because I feel like I'm just now realizing how young I am. I'm learning to stay grounded and positive in everyday life. Accepting where I am now in life, work, and school. Trying to figure out where I want to go and how to get there.

I have my whole life ahead of me. It's time to start creating my reality.