The grass is always greener on the other side

(of the fence)

People always say that your college years are some of the best years of your life—and I definitely agree. But for me the classroom was not my forte (although I loved the social life!); I much preferred my summers spent interning at startups back home in Silicon Valley and was looking forward to graduation.

As soon as I landed my job as a software engineer at Square in San Francisco I was ecstatic. I found myself finding ways to pass time until commencement in May and summer would finally start. Some times these means were productive (launching BarParty), but a lot of the time they were not (Heroes of Newerth).

Time flew by and before I knew it my final week of classes was over. Finally, earlier today I found out that I’m officially done with my college education and the copious amounts of work that accompanied it. I've been waiting for this day for so long.

I told one of my close friends and future roommates and the only advice he had to offer me was:

Enjoy Senior Week.

I feel like I may have let myself slip into an apathetic mindset where I thought everything would be much better after graduation and I didn't cherish my time like I should have.

Now that my days in St. Louis are numbered I realize how much I’ll miss this place once I’m gone and that I need to make the most of the time that I have left. Over the next 16 days I’m going to try and enjoy this place with all of my college friends to its fullest. This quote resonates quite strongly with me:

Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That’s why it’s called the present.

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