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Are you graduating? Graduating from college is a huge accomplishment, yet students can experience a mix of emotions including relief, pride, excitement, and fear. Feeling conflicting emotions about graduation is very common. You are not alone! Transitions are a part of life and there are things you can do to help you embrace change. 1) Gather information. Gathering information helps us make choices that meet our needs and helps to de-mystify some of the fear around the unknown. You can’t make a good decision or plan if you don’t have enough information. Without enough information we tend to base our choices on the amount of pressure we are under or from a position of fear. 2) Create a plan. Graduating from college is a transition that can be disruptive. Hold on to those parts of your life which provide comfort and security while you make the transition. When we feel safe, we can accomplish the task of transition more productively. Use this time to create a temporary plan postgraduation if you aren’t sure what you want to do next. 3) Give yourself enough time. When our lives are changing, it takes time to reorient our feelings to the new reality. Although we may feel uncomfortable during a transition, we need to give ourselves time to reflect, asking ourselves, “What did I learn from this experience? “What learning do I want to take into my new experience?” This will help us to reorient our new lives and not just