Grown-Up Life Begins in Less than 12 Hours.

What a summer! I can hardly believe I am standing on the final page of this chapter in my life waiting to turn the page tomorrow morning and start an entirely new adventure. If you would have asked me what I was going to do with my life when I was a freshmen at Truman I would have never guess this. As a wide-eyed freshman my ambitions were tied up in marriage and becoming a teacher. But here I am, getting ready to start a new job with W.W. Norton Publishing Company and moving to a new city. So much excitement and change all at one time!

While I am incredibly excited about the new opportunities I have ahead of me, I can't help but be a but nervous about what the future holds. Specifically, I have a fear I will allow myself to become completely owned by my job and lose sight of the things that are most important to me in my life: my relationships with friends and family. I suppose the only way to find out is to dive in head first and try to stay afloat.