So you're finally a senior in college, now what?
The stigma behind being a senior falls under the title of "finally having your life together." But is that really the case? Are we actually feeling prepared to step into the real world and take on the adult life? The answer to these questions is probably a hard no. And the thing about it is that we feel like we should be equipped and ready to step out into the real world.
We are seniors in college and yet we don't even know if we picked the right major. But, at this point it's a little too late to go back now.
We are seniors in college and yet we still feel like kids. We still feel like kids because we don't know how to manage our money between food, alcohol, or concert tickets.
We are seniors in college and yet we start to realize that the adult life may not be everything we thought it'd be.
We are seniors in college and yet we still don't know what we want to do when we grow up.
Don't let other people make you feel like you need to have everything gradually coming together at this point in your life. Don't feel discouraged because you don't feel like you want to fully dive into the world of being an adult. It's scary to even think about your future self. It's even scarier to realize that "your time" is finally coming and you have to figure out or else.
What we fail to understand as people is we all have a different timeline. I'm not sure who said, "going to college right after high school, getting a degree, and getting a job right away" was normal. But this inaccurate depiction of a "normal" life is most definitely not true.
What you need to understand is that it also doesn't make you any less of a person if you don't follow the so-called "timeline". You should feel no pressure from the outside world to conform to such a stigma. But rather, you should develop your life on your own timing. Whatever that looks like for you, I'm not sure. And it's not up to someone else to tell you that you need to figure it out. We cannot flourish in an environment that is simply pressured by our society's views of what is right. Decide what you believe to be true to yourself, and don't stress yourself out just because it doesn't seem like everything is falling into place. Figuring out what we want to do with our lives is hard enough to do, so relax, enjoy the last year of your undergrad, and don't give in to the pressure of growing up so quick.
