Wondering what's next

As the school year slowly draws to a close, plenty of Greek men & women are preparing for their final days as undergraduates as best they can: lots of job interviews, getting their resumes in order, projects & classes that will determine if they will graduate or no, staying up to speed on their portfolios & other prerequisite whatnot. Indeed, the next few weeks are going to be as hectic as they are going to be fun & good times.

This doesn't mean that we still can't run against the wind. Bob Seger knows that we still are running against the wind, the restless bunch that we are, even though the real world might try & regulate our pace a bit, with its "...deadlines & commitments/what to leave in, what to leave out." We can still love living life & we can still enjoy every minute of it. We can still go out & see the world, the adventurous souls we've always been at heart. There's no denying that we can still have our share of fun in the next few weeks or so; the college experience hasn't lost its charm just yet. We can still find time to live life & go many places even in the real world. So those hopes of adventure & good times haven't been lost after all.

At the same time, we're beginning to buckle down, to make an assessment where we're going to head off to once we reach that crossroads, once Graduation comes calling. It's a time for reflection, a time to make some serious decisions while we're ahead. Any notions of procrastinating or feeling we can waltz through life without planning anything in advance will soon be thrown out the window as the real world opens its doors to us, & Seger's last lines in that final prechorus to "Against The Wind" once more make their presence felt. These last few weeks of life as an undergraduate are pretty important ones to think about, & I'm stating fact.

Especially if you're wearing Greek letters, these last few weeks of undergraduate bliss are a big deal as the job interviews come pouring in, as one plans to move on & begin another chapter in life whether it be in Indy or Chi-town or anywhere else. Yes, these final weeks of life as an undergraduate are definitely going to be hectic but no one ever said that the best things in this world ever came easily, did they?