Does It Ever Slow Down?

Going from, “when is this class gonna be over?”

To, “when is the semester gonna be done?”

To, “how soon am I going to graduate?”

We are counting down the minutes, the hours, the months.

Time feels like a slog. Of course it does.

We are forced to sit and think and listen and memorize and test.

Now, life is different.

Life is full of projects and deadlines and meetings and plans and dinners and dates.

Things I look forward to.

Things I dread.

Things that reward me.

Things that challenge me, things that bug me, and so much that fulfills me.

Life feels fast. The days fly by, the plans keep coming, and the days feel fleeting.

Time as an adult is different than time as a kid. 

None of it bad.

None of it good.

It just is.

Autonomy over my life never felt so good.