We all have stories; we all are stories… and as much as we might want one chapter to last forever, the pages keep turning.

The day I moved out of my freshman dorm I remember thinking to myself, “Holy shit, I can’t believe that my first year of college is over” and hoping that the remaining three years wouldn’t go by so fast.

I bet you can guess what happened next. In what seemed like the blink an eye I was applying for jobs in the “real world”, toasting to the past four years and saying goodbye to some of my best friends.

I was the type of person who wanted to cling to my college days. I had lived in this perfect universe of being what I like to call a half-adult, and I suddenly felt very unprepared for the rest of my life as a full adult.

Now, with my college days a year and a half behind me, I’ll let you in on a little secret, YOUR LIFE DOESN’T END AFTER COLLEGE.

As cheesy as it sounds, it really is just the beginning. Post-grad life is so many experiences and so many emotions: it’s exciting, it’s scary, it’s always changing, but I promise it’s still fun (although you’ll probably do more day drinking than closing down the bars). You’ll have days when you feel like you can change the world - cherish those days - and days when you feel so fucking lost and small – lean on your friends and don’t make big decisions on those days.

The stories I’ll share with you are a compilation of happy-to-be-alive days, hard days and everything in between.

Here’s to trying and failing, learning and loving …here’s to post-grad life.