Sad Day Today

[Floridabassking352]

Hey guys, just need to vent a little. Today was my last day of high school. I thought it'd be exciting, and it is a little, but mostly it's incredibly sad and depressing. I probably won't really see these people very much anymore because I'm goin' to school in Tampa and everyone else is staying where I am currently. When I look back I just realize there were a lot of things I should have done in the past that I didn't do until my senior year, like meet more people and really start hanging out with them (my first three years I was basically a loner). Sure I'll visit them whenever I go back to see family, but it will never be the same. People change, and seeing them every few months may cause friendships to slowly diminish. Oh well, the things I regret will just be something I'll have to live with. When I go off to college I can start fresh and be as outgoing as I became this year instead of waiting til the end. I guess first impressions really do count, and everyone's first impression of me back in 9th grade was that I was quiet and not very sociable. I won't make the same mistake again. Hopefully I can cheer up soon because I don't feel like doing anything now except reflecting on my high school years which I realize are actually over. It didn't really hit me until this evening, but now that it has it's a pretty powerful emotion.

[tipptruck1]

Hey I went through the same thing. But I was ready to get out of school and happy to leave. I had a group of friends and we hung out a lot. I even left a friend that was like a brother. We talk time to time. But due to me moving 6 hours aways I havent seen them snice the summer of 04. But know I have about 5-6 friends I see all the time. So rember you will make new friends. But I was also like you a loner and theres times I enjoy that. I get time to spend with my family. So I wish you the luck in the future.

[KU_Bassmaster.]

Yep.  I remember that feeling. Soooooooo wierd.  Brings a tear to the eye .... good times.  I had a group of about 25-30 friends I hung out and did stuff with on a regular basis.  Last time we all got together was New Years Eve 2001/2002 and even then quite a few people were missing.  I see and talk to 3 now on a regular basis

[bassdocktor]

Yeah it is a little hard leaving the people you have seen everyday for 4 or more years. I'm guessing you'll be living at school since it will be so far away so enjoy it. All of my friends that do enjoy it alot and have met alot of people in the dorms. The only wierd thing you'll have to get used to is depending on the size of the school you may not see some people after the semester ends if thye are in your classes. Hey you can always start a fishing club.

Good Luck

bassdocktor

[HUNTER19]

Dont regret a thing man!!! I did for awhile and its not worth regreting things!!!!! I am just finishin up my freshman year in college and it was amazing!!! None of my friends came up here with me!! but It is worth leavin you meet so many more people and you experience things that you wouldnt back home!!!! I didnt want to leave either but Its really been a great experience!!! the only thing that sucks is finals!!!! A little advice party after you get school work done!!! But have as much fun as you possibly can!!!!!

[msmonroe]

Dont regret a thing man!!! I did for awhile and its not worth regreting things!!!!!

Here, Here!! It's important to not live with regret. It's okay to look back and reflect, but don't dwell on regrets. Always look ahead. After failing over 100 times to get his new invention the lightbulb working, Thomas Edison is credited for noting that he had just discovered over 100 different ways NOT to invent the lightbulb.

He always looked ahead, learned from his mistakes and took it in stride.

Good for you for going to College!

- Matt

[Root beer]

I'm junior in high school, and I've been friends with a lot of these kids since elementry school. It going be weird leaving this town and probably never see them again. It mainly the girls that really going make me depressed lol. Spend all this time with them, had time of your life with them, then possible never see them again. :-/

Well man good luck in college, I still got one more year in me.

[roadwarrior]

Get yourself a nice pair of sun glasses: "The future's so bright, ya gotta wear shades!"

BTW, CONGRATULATIONS!

Your best years are still ahead of you.

[Guest the_muddy_man]

Feel it for a minute then do what RW said! You are livin in a great country filled with limitless possibilities YOU ARE IN THE BEST PART OF YOUR LIFE>>>>>TODAY>>>>>> just stay in the day and enjoy it 8-)

[Fisher of Men]

Hey man,  I remember the feeling, but it wasn't real bad for me.  I went to Jr. College a couple of years and still got to see alot of my friends.  I commuted to the university for another year before getting married.  I lived about 45 minutes away from home with my wife during my Senior year.  I guess it was a slower process for me.  That's been almost 20 years now, and I do have to say, I haven't missed my classmates that much.  God has truly been good to introduce me to so many new people along the way.  I've been back to a 10 and 15 year reunion and alot of my true "friends" haven't shown up.  Perhaps I'll see more of them at the 20.  Like everyone else has said, don't dwell on the sadness for long.  I don't won't to sound preachy, but if you get a chance read Matthew 6:33-34.  It's good advice for a graduate.

God bless,

Fisher

P.S.

Congratulations on graduating!!  As you enter college, you might tend to get discouraged at times (particularly when you see friends who entered the workforce right out of HS driving new cars and such).  However, you will be much happier with a college degree doing something you are happy with.  Stay the course!!

[Hawgin]

I was one of the people who was so excited to get out of my small little town, and I didn't talk to anyone from my hometown except my brother for 5 years.  After I got out of school I ran into some people I was close with in high school, and to be honest it was about 50/50 that I did or did not like who they had become.  Several of them I was glad I no longer had ties to, and the others I'm closer with today, 13 years later,  than I was back then.  

When you go to college make friends, join some campus clubs that interest you, and leave your dorm room door open when you are just hanging out in your room so others can stop in to hang out and talk.  Know up front that a few of them will burn you, but some of them will become your closest friends, and when it's all over and you've learned many life lessons you will come in contact with those high school friends and you will rekindle that closeness you had with the right ones.

[Floridabassking352]

I'm junior in high school, and I've been friends with a lot of these kids since elementry school. It going be weird leaving this town and probably never see them again. It mainly the girls that really going make me depressed lol. Spend all this time with them, had time of your life with them, then possible never see them again. :-/

Well man good luck in college, I still got one more year in me.

That is 100% true. The girls (well mainly just one) are the source of my depressed feelings.

[New Bass Man]

Hey man, I remember that feeling too!  It was a L-o-n-g time ago.  I think it's kinda normal.  But things will get better.   The future is bright for you as someone pointed out.  

[squid]

I too felt that same way....25yrs later and I can't even remember half the names in my class that I did hang out with...lol.....That's just life..when ya don't keep in touch...you lose that feeling really quick....lol...if 25 yrs is quick...lmao

[Fisher of Men]