what lies in store?
As every day passes and graduation draws nearer, I can’t help but feel sad that I will soon be leaving college. I won’t be able to sleep on the job like I do in lecture. I won’t be able to enjoy long winter and spring breaks of doing nothing but fun things, and most of all, it will be sad leaving friends and familiar faces.
But as this chapter of my life slowly approaching its end, I have this anxious but excited anticipation of what comes next. Today, I talked to my old boss at the start-up that I worked at for a good two years, and it brought back good memories from when I interned there.
I thought this year in college would be very awkward — old friends have graduated, and many of my good buds are no longer here. But as those friends have faded a little bit into the background, new strangers have entered my life and become friends as well. That is not to say that I don’t cherish past friends, but it is kind of refreshing to get to know new people, with no expectation and baggage. I thought it would be easy to leave this year, but as I now know, that wouldn’t be possible at all.
I guess what I’m trying to say is, I should strive to soak up every last day from here to graduation, and not be so caught up on what I’m going to next. Just like how friends come in and out, I’m sure the next few years of my life will just kind of flow in and flow out. Just gotta see everything with open eyes and not hold back.
This all came rushing back today as I was thinking about jobs and such. Funny how things change so fast — I got an interview from a company in Chicago, there is a promising IT position in Tokyo, and a lot of cool start-ups from San Diego all the way up to SF are interviewing and looking for developers. I’ll admit I’m scared but I’m pretty excited that there are so many opportunities. I guess we’ll just see what happens.
(end random musings and thoughts.)
