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1. You finish your last final of undergrad and feel like a complete and total rock star.
2. You realize you no longer have to stress about a cumulative exam, group projects with the kid who sleeps through the entire class, or do homework EVER again.
3. It’s officially Senior Week and you’re ready to hit the bars, booze cruises, and nightclubs with your besties.
4. You’re in the club feeling fly AF, toasting to your accomplishments with members of the senior class you’ve never even seen before.
5. Then that overly emotional drunk girl starts to cry about the end of an era of frat parties, keg stands, and getting pizza delivered to your place at 2 a.m.
6. The day has come: It's finally graduation day.
7. Everyone is separated by their respective schools, families take their seats, and it’s all about to begin.
8. The guest speaker arrives, and it’s someone you’ve never heard of before, giving advice you’ll never use.
9. The ceremony is finally over, you head back to campus to take all of your Instagram worthy photos, and get ready for dinner with your family. You arrive at dinner awaiting graduation gifts.
10. As the night comes to a close and your parents pay the check.
11. Suddenly you come to some realizations:
12. Your inbox is empty, and your potential employer count is at 0.
13. You have less than 6 months to start paying back a debilitating amount of loans.
14. Almost all of you friends have moved away and are starting their careers.
15. You’re single, and the dating pool just got 100x larger, making it 100x harder to find “the one.”
16. Your parents are no longer going to help you with your taxes, banking, and insurance.
17. And all of a sudden you come to the conclusion:
18. Soon after you run into your friend’s mom at the grocery store, she asks you what your plans are, and you can’t help but think:
19. You reflect on these past few months and wonder:
20. Finally you come to realize:
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