Nick Bente

“Nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road.” – Jack Kerouac. 1. Have Good Company. This one is a no-brainer.

My high school girlfriend posted an ultrasound picture of her unborn baby. I’m pretty sure I fell out of my chair. How? Why?

But these commercials are pretty persuasive, so If I listened to them I’d be taking some certainly different steps forward (read: backwards) in life. Things like…

I went home last weekend and walked around the house I grew up in and realized it was the furthest thing from the idea of home I could imagine.

But before I can go to school and learn to be a businessman, or something like that, I had to take the most hellacious test I’ve had to take in my long academic career. And it started like this…

4. Relationships can get real serious. Real fast.

It really takes you a different echelon in a relationship when someone would rather hear the sounds of coughing and dry heaving than Jack Johnson live.

4. Just Like In Undergrad, No One Has Any Clue What’s Coming Next

I’m absolutely guilty of checking my phone on a date. It’s awful, it’s rude, it’s inconsiderate, it’s unnecessary.

I loved being an English major. I think it was the second best decision I ever made in college.