You’re a senior. Which means you’re probably hearing a lot of questions about what you’re doing next year.
Where are you going to college? What are you majoring in? Are you staying close to home? What are you going to do after graduation?
Those are important questions. But there are a few questions that are worth asking before you get too caught up in everything that comes after high school.
What do you actually want from your senior year?
And maybe more importantly:
What do you want to be different about you by the time you graduate?
Senior year can easily become a checklist. Get your applications done. Keep your grades up. Finish your activities. Graduate. Move on.
But you have an entire year to practice some of the things you’ll need when you’re on your own.
How good are you at managing your time when nobody is reminding you what’s due?
Can you make a budget and actually stick to it when you have more freedom and less money?
If you’re having a problem with a teacher, coach, roommate, or friend, are you comfortable addressing it yourself—or is your first instinct to have someone else step in?
Do you know how to meet new people when you’re the new person?
Do you know what kind of people you want around you? What kind of community you want to be part of? What boundaries matter to you?
And if your faith is important to you, what will that look like when you’re no longer automatically surrounded by the people and routines that have helped shape it?
You don’t have to have all of these things figured out before graduation. But senior year is a pretty good time to start practicing.
That’s a big part of what we’ll be doing here at The Launch Mission this year. We’ll talk about the practical stuff you’ll need to know, but we also want to help you think through the parts of this transition that are easy to overlook until you’re already dealing with them.
So as you start your senior year, think beyond your college acceptance letter.
What do you want to be better at by the time you leave high school?
And if there’s something you’re already wondering about—college, money, roommates, friendships, faith, careers, independence, or anything else—leave a comment and let us know. Your question might be exactly what another senior needs to talk about, too.
We’re here all year. Let’s make the most of it.
