Do you know that feeling you get when you finish a very long but very good book? That overwhelming sense of accomplishment, and yet a dull sadness at the fact that you’ve finished reading it and have to move on? Also, there’s that awkward unsure feeling; do you give the book away? sell it? Let it sit on a shelf and collect dust?

So, when a person walks across a stage wearing a funny square hat and an over-sized smock that makes one look as though they’ve been swallowed by a shadow monster, and someone hands them a piece of paper that says they’ve completed their compulsory K-12 education, what do they do now? What comes next?

I am so excited for this next chapter in my life.
I have no idea where it will take me.