Poll of the Day > 8.5 years later, I'm finally leaving my college town. AMA

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Got here in 2014. Graduated in 2018. Graduated from my masters program in 2021. Waited for my SO to graduate in 2022, and Im the meantime got a boring office job. Now after 20 months of looking for a real job, I am leaving. SO and I signed a lease on an apartment we never visited, and were packing up and leaving tomorrow morning.

I hung out with my last remaining friend (still in his PhD program) last night. 27 isnt old but in a town where the average person you see is 21 it sure felt like it was time to move on lol. Still, I hope I get to see my college friends occasionally. Even after graduation, we all stayed in Texas and have hung out 1-3 times a year. Im moving one state out, but Ill also be making more money so hopefully more travel!

Anyway idk. Feeling bittersweet. Definitely seems like a ton of my colleagues have already built their lives. Have houses, been married, have LinkedIns, travel the world, have kids. Im only now starting a real career <_< glad Im moving on with my life but feeling like Im five years behind where I should be.

Feels very *final* but its really not lol Ill be back here next year for my SOs siblings graduation. And every year a group I was in has a reunion, so I might come to that if I hear some friends are also dropping in. Maybe come see a football game or something.

What is the 13525 digit of Pi?

8

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Good luck!

Mensis posted...

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fishy071 posted...

Good luck!

Thanks!

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I always wanted to remain in my college town after graduating. I remember going home and being immediately depressed about that era suddenly and completely being gone forever. The issue was my college town is in a fairly rural area in which commutes are a pain to and from. Any time I go back though I get that rush of dopamine that partially fills the void and I always kinda wonder if I could ever figure out a way to live out there.

Have fun in college while it lasts.

I also wanted to stay longer than undergrad, and did! haha.
but, after the initial 4-5 years, everyone I knew graduated and left and the town just started reminding me of all the fun time I wasnt having anymore. Im definitely ready to leave that late-teen/early-twenties vibe here and start something new. Decidedly less youthful, but not necessarily bad or boring.

This whole city is built around the university though, so its kind of unavoidable unlike some schools in more urban areas.

I thought I made a long reply to this.

I guess I didn't.