Five Years Later
Five years ago...
My brain can’t comprehend it! I’ve been out of college for five years. Wowza. I’ve had a lot of time to reflect on this lately and so I must share my thoughts.
I remember the excitement I had that day. I was so proud of myself for making it through my schooling in three years. I was proud of myself for even completing college at all, since it was never something I really wanted to do. I was proud of myself for doing all three choirs on top of my 20+ credit hours each semester. I was proud of myself for taking those extra marketing classes just for fun, and finishing them with 100% and the best marketing presentation my professor had ever seen.
But I also remember the fear I had in that moment. I had nothing planned after college. I had just turned 21 and I really had no idea what I was going to do with my life! I was just a baby! I had been told several times that last semester that I was going to fail and I wouldn’t make it in the music industry. Which was my degree, so thanks for the confidence, peeps. But fortunately, that only encouraged me more.
Well, here I am five years later, in my fifth season working in the music industry. I realize the things I do now, are not the norm. Especially coming from small town Nebraska... I live a pretty cool life surrounded by the coolest humans. And I’m real blessed.
If you read this far, thanks for listening to my thoughts and know that this post isn’t meant to be a “hey, look at me” post. More like a gratitude post for all the people that have helped me get to this point. The ones that encouraged me and believed that I was capable of more than I thought. I truly could not have done it without you all. And a post of encouragement to all those new college grads. You may have no idea what you’re doing but it’s all going to be ok. Trust me.
And a little encouragement for anyone, reward yourself! For any accomplishment. Yeah, I ate birthday cake yesterday, but imma be gettin’ me some ice cream today because it’s my five year Gradiversary!