As you start getting ready for graduation, it’s a happy time because you are finally done with school after 17 or more years. It’s also time to face the sad reality that some of the friends you made during your college career are going back home or moving to other parts of the country. People who have spent the last 4+ years as part of your life will now be people you see sparsely if ever again. It’s a problem that every graduating college senior has to face.
This reality can make the transition to the real world even scarier. When you experience new things in college, your friends are by your side. During your first frat party and bar trips, you were with friends. Now you are experiencing the biggest change of your life and your buddies aren’t around. This can be terrible for recent college graduates.
Remember, your friends that have moved on from school along with you are experiencing the same thing. Just because they’re not physically with you doesn’t mean that you can’t act as a support system for each other. We live in a world where we can always communicate with each other. Your friends and you can stay in each other’s lives and grow in your separate careers. You will make new friends in your life, but your closest friends from college can stay in your life as well.
Make plans to see each other. If your school hosts a homecoming, you can come back to school for a weekend and see your friends. Planning to see them can give you something to talk about and spark conversation to plan. If you play fantasy sports or are involved in other online group activities with your college friends, work to keep them going. These can also allow you to plan a time to meet up and see your friends.
Staying in touch and planning to see each other is a good way to keep your college friends. It won’t always be easy, and if you are the only person making an effort to see each other, it’s sad to say but friendships end. As you grow older and have more responsibilities, you can’t hold on to every friendship. Learning that this is true will be hard, but it’s just how life goes. You will keep a lot of friends and make more along the way, but losing friends is something you have to accept. You’re not friends with everyone you were in high school. You definitely don’t have the same friends you did in elementary school. Moving on in life is for the better. What will you do to try and keep your friendships as you move on from college?
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