The title of this might sound crazy to some of you, but it’s something I genuinely could not be more excited for. One of my professors this semester keeps saying that our college years are the best of our lives and I know that’s true for some people, but if it’s true for me I could not be more terrified for what life has prepared. College is just school to me, not much more than that. I’m here to get my degree and then move on with my life. I’ve met some good friends, but the college life and scene just isn’t for me.

Besides that, I’ve always been someone to hate the unknown and that’s how I feel all the time in college. I just want to know where I’m going in life. I want to know where I’m going to live, when I will get married, where my job will be and when I get that job. I want to have my career started so I can stop stressing about it, I know my first years teaching will be extremely difficult. I want to have all these exams and papers done. I want to have a steady income so I can go out and do fun things. I want to go to concerts and cool places in the city with the people I know will be my friends for life. I want to have more money and more independence to travel when I’m young with people close to me. That’s the time of your life where you make a lot of life decisions, and it might be a little stressful but it’s an exciting time of having fun and making memories.

Just think about the majority of sitcoms... All the protagonists are in their 20s/early 30s and they have so many incredible experiences. I know that’s just TV but a lot of it tends to reflect real life situations.

Most of my cousins are in their later 20s and early 30s now. Sure some parts of life are stressful and paying bills is tough, but they make life look so amazing. You have your best friends and family behind you all the time, you experience some crazy and amazing things, and there’s still always time to party and have fun. I’m just looking forward to that close-knit support system that you know will always be behind you and to the life experiences that right now seem way too far away.

Everyone is different; everyone looks at life in different ways and likes certain parts better than others. I’m not stupid, I know that starting a family and buying a house is a big expense, but it’s also something that can be a part of life’s greatest joys. I want the uncertainty of my life to be gone and I know that that will be in my 20s.

Maybe you disagree, but regardless you should recognize what the best times of your life are. Those moments won’t last forever and you should value every last second of it.

As they say, you only live once.