[fshch13]

Hi everyone,

First off I want to just say that there is nothing to complain about in my life - I'm just hoping for some advice.

I am graduating from college (university) a year early at 20 years old. I spent a whole year of that studying in Japan but it was marked mostly by a painful relationship with a girl that was also studying there that didn't end well. I left feeling as if I hadn't appreciated my time there. I learned invaluable life lessons there and wouldn't trade it for the world, but it's bizarre. Since then, I have focused hard on moving forward; I have had a new girlfriend for six months now, I have earned straight As in all of my classes, and I will be spending two months of my summer in Latin America before earning my degree in August.

The only thing is, it is starting to feel like ever since I got back from Japan nearly nine months ago my life has been moving too fast for me to really catch up or come to grips with what happened to me in Japan or what is happening to me now. I have recurrently had the same feeling of confusion as to how I ended up where I am so quickly and how life has seemed to just fly by.

I'm happy to be graduating early, I'm happy to have done well, and I'm ambitious - I want to go to law school and feel that I will make it. I think I've just had a hard time coming to terms with how much my life has changed in the past year and half or so. It feels so bizarre!

[pegasus]

Well, congratulations on you success with your studies! You'll find love and relationships are the things that affect us the most, it's what makes us human afterall! These things can take a while for us to process. I hope things continue to go well for you.