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A Letter To High School Seniors Approaching Graduation

Don't let the time pass you by.

Taylor Wayland

Apr 11, 2017

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Seniors,

Believe me, we all know you are excited to graduate. Those of us who have been where you are, have felt those exact things. But being on the other side of graduation gives us a different outlook on what you are now going through, and how that is going to change your lives.

High School graduation is going to rank within your top ten moments in your life that have changed it (along with College graduation and meeting your BFF).

After the summer, you are going off into a brand new world that is completely foreign to you. Many of you may be moving far away from home and to another state, and others will be sticking close to home.

Either way, going away to college is going to completely change your life. You are going to be forced out of your comfort zone and thrown into a brand new place that you are (hopefully) going to make your own over the next four years.

College changes everything.

Cherish these last months with your friends, because when you leave, that could change that friendship. Don't wish the last few months to speed by, because when they do, you are going to want to rewind your summer.

Graduation seems so awesome. You get to leave high school (finally) and leave all of its drama behind. But your trading out high school for new people, in a new place where you may not know anyone. You go from seeing your parents every day, to maybe once a month if you're lucky.

Graduation is the day that marks the end of an era in your life, and you transition into your next big adventure.

So don't take these last few months for granted. When your mom asks you to go shopping with her randomly, go. If your dad wants to take you to dinner, let him. If your friends want to have a friends night in instead of going out on a Friday night, do it. Take every chance you get in the next few months, and make them the best.

Because you will remember them, and if you wish them by too fast, you will regret it.

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