We’re seniors now….? This is insane to me, I can’t get it through my head that this is now my last year of high school. It felt like we were just Freshmen, taking classes online during Covid. On the first day of school this year, my mom took a picture of me, and posted it on Facebook saying, “Yay! Mia’s last first day of school!” Once I saw that I was stressed, and it felt weird saying “I’m a senior now”. Knowing I have to plan my whole future out is stressful. I feel like I look around and some people know exactly what they want to do after high school…and I’m not sure. Do other people feel like I do?
Watching everyone I knew before me graduate, as I was an underclassman, never made me realize how fast it would come for us. Being a junior was a huge struggle, and mentally draining. Everyone knows junior year is the hardest, and is the one grade where you truly need to put your full effort in. In junior year everyone thinks about what colleges we want to visit or apply to. You need to start working to save up money to handle everything that you need to pay for your senior year.
I look around and wonder, how are other people feeling? Do they feel as confused and stressed and tired as I do? As much as I’ve always said “I can’t wait to get out of high school”, now that it’s here…I’m not so sure. There is a kind of safety in the familiar things, instead of the bigger world where everything is unsure.
So, how are you feeling?
