"As I approached the spring semester of my senior year of college, the realization that this journey of college would soon be ending sank in. It was time to start turning in my textbooks, submit my senior thesis, and say goodbye to the life I'd known for the past four years. It also meant I needed to find a full-time job."
"I vividly remember crying with my best friend outside our rundown, half-painted apartment in Newport, Rhode Island. We were headed back home to live with our parents to save money, and I was starting my full-time job in just under a week. I cried the whole car ride home, realizing the best days of my life thus far were over."
As senior year ended, textbooks were returned, a senior thesis submitted, and four years of college life left behind while full-time employment became necessary. A former employer offered a management position in social media and marketing before graduation, eliminating a job search. Moving back home and starting full-time work provoked strong emotions, including crying and mourning the perceived end of the best days. Friends became geographically and temporally distant as peers worked full-time. College routines of long weekends, social freedom, and flexible schedules gave way to calendar-driven work responsibilities and constrained leisure time. Adjustment to post-graduation life is ongoing.
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