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If only life was uncomplicated...

On 6/14/2006

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Contributed by: Courtney Carpenter on 7/31/2006

Four years ago I ventured off to the East Coast to attend college. I remember being excited and anxious to go to school. I couldn't help but brag amongst my fellow high school classmates about how I was going to school in New York, and it was going to be so much fun. After all, most of my friends would eventually end up going to school at CU-Boulder and CSU. Only one of my friends ended up going to school out-of-state, and she only made it to Nebraska. I remember packing up my things and reading all the orientation brochures and packets. I was excited, yet at the same time, I was petrified. I begged my mom to let me stay home, promising her I would go to Front Range Community College. I would doanything to stay at home. My parents wisely refused my proposition.

Looking back four years later, I am thankful for my parentsp ushing me to stick with my decision to go to college in New York. The past four years of my life has been filled with new challenges, jobs, internships, friends and of course, knowledge. I just graduated a little over two months ago. I gotta admit that post-grad life isn't all that it's cracked up to be. During my last semester, I couldn't wait to begin my own life and start a new job and get out of school. Now that I'm out of school, I still want to start my adult life and begin a new job. However, I have begun to slowly realize thatgrowing up comes with more responsibility than I ever imagined. For example, I never knew that you had to pay for the people to collect your trash every week. I never realized how much rent accounts for when you're making an entry-level salary. I admit, I still have many things to learn, such as the differences between HMOs and PPOs. After all, I'm just 21, I shouldn't know everything anyways, right? Even though it doesn't seem like I was in college a couple months ago, I can't help but feeling the same way I did right before I went to college -- petrified. For some reason, I'm scared of the "real world." I'm afraid that I'll never find what my passion is, never find what makes me happy, and most importantly, never figure out what I want to do with my life.

It's almost comical to look back and remember the type of person I was back in high school. I remember I had a life plan, which included graduating from college, working at the New York Times for four or five years as a reporter and then getting married. After that I planned on working and maybe having a few kids. After retirement, I would get my Masters degree in English and teach. During the summers, I planned to write fiction books. What an uncomplicated life... if only that was reality.

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Submitted By: Erin Feese

posted on 8/1/2006 @ 2:04:05 PM

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Great story, Courtney! I am sure there are a lot who can relate (I know I can)!

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