Graduation time….

Do our friends and classmates really become our competition after graduation??? Although one of my professors really believe this comment, I don’t. The best part about school is making connections. You never know what friends open doors for you. It could be that really weird person in the corner that can give you the opportunity to have a stable job at a large company.

Here is the way I see it. When you graduate from school, you are graduating with allies. You back up the ones that you have been working with. If you make it big after graduation, why keep your success to yourself? If you do that, then no one will know about how far you have come. You should be more than happy to share your success. This is where those connections come in handy. If you lost your job, you can rely on your allies to help in your job search and in return you do the same. Earning straight A’s in college means nothing if you don’t have the chance to apply your skills.

To those of you who are graduating, this is not the real time to relax. After graduation things only get harder. Passing your classes is the easy part. The hard part is maintaining your lifestyle. Now that school is over, what will you do? How should you allocate your time? It won’t be all about going to hang out and party after work. You will acquire a new set of duties. Definitely, you will have to get your priorities straight, or maybe having new priorities. Will you choose to live your dream, or will you ride the current trend? What will you do to make the most out of your graduation? Don’t forget where you came from, or how you got to where you are.

Although we will not be seeing each other for quite some time, here is what I ask of the people that I’ve been working with. Don’t treat each other like strangers. After the end of a semester, I notice that people forget about each other. And when we pass someone we worked with, they can’t even say “Hi.” We are not pieces of paper. We don’t deserve to be treated like that. Acknowledgement is all that I need.

Enough with the graduation talk. I need to make a formal announcement. I have decided to stop seeing my older woman. Everyone has probably heard me say this, “I’m not looking for a girlfriend. I’m looking for a wife.” The person that I’ve been seeing was looking for something long term. After hearing that, I had a reality check. It was not what I wanted. At first I thought it was, but I was hella wrong. There are so many people that I haven’t had the chance to meet. I can’t restrict myself too early.