Realization

I have recently come to the realization that I am ready to finally become an adult.

Until recently, I have loved being in college but I have finally come to realize that I am ready to move on. I went to grad school for two reasons: 1) I needed my masters’ degree to start out where I want to be in the field and 2) I was very afraid of getting a job and being an adult. At age 23, I was just not ready to deal with all of the pressures of the real world and enrolled in grad school to run away from all of it. College has always been a sort of safe haven for me. I have met some of my best friends, gotten to know others far beyond the sphere that I thought possible, and did a lot of growing and self-searching.

But, as a child grows and gets ready to leave the nest, I too have grown and am ready to leave college. I find myself thinking more and more about what life will be like after I have graduated and have found a job. And while I still have a little fear that I won’t mesh into the right job or get the hang of it right away (or even get one!), I know that I am ready and willing to accept the challenges that lay out there before me.

I turn 25 in eight days and while the thought of that still bothers me a little, I am coming around to the thought of it. It is just another step into the direction of my future, whether I am where I pictured myself or not. I am getting there, one step at a time, with the support of family and friends. I am not looking forward to the bills that I will accumulate with joining the real world, but that is just one small part of the new journey I will be taking in the next couple of months. And like I said, I am ready for it.

Wish me luck…bring it on world!