When it comes to preparing for graduation no one is ever really ready. It approaches us faster than we are expecting it would. For some of us, we graduate in May and some graduate in December. Everyone has different ways to prepare for important events. For me, it’s not easy.

Graduation is approaching me faster and faster every day, I will be a senior this next semester and I am the least bit ready to graduate or to begin thinking about having to apply for jobs, doing my senior project, and every other little detail to make becoming an adult come true.

May of 2019, I will be graduating from Coastal Carolina University and I couldn’t be happier. I have made a lot of wonderful friends and idols I look up to. College teaches us more than what we need for our future careers, it teaches life skills, people skills, and many other wonderful things but I will never fully be ready to leave.

There is a huge list of things to actually prepare for when graduation is approaching but everyone’s list will be different from one another. Some will be longer and some will be shorter but everyone will experience stress along the way. No matter how prepared or how ready we are, stress will make its way to the mix.

Some steps to help you get ready to graduate are...

1. Start making a resume and cover letter (If you don’t have one

already)

2. Begin to send future employers resume

3. Buy an interview outfit for future job interviews

4. Apply to graduate school (If planning on furthering education after graduation)

5. Figure out and finalize plans for after graduation (Living and Jobs)

This list could go on and on to help physically prepare for graduation. But when it comes to mentally preparing, are there actually ways to be 100% ready? No. This is a huge step in life that everyone is excited and sad about all at once. But everyone will make it through it, no matter how stressed out we get.

It will be one of the best days of your life. It’s the beginning of a life we have been always been waiting for… (No more school). I hope that after reading my article you will see graduation can be scary, but you can do it. You’re beyond ready to make this step and will do great. These college memories will be with you forever, so make the best of your last months before graduation even if it can become stressful.

And the last of it all, congratulations you’ve made it!