Summer Romances

I usually don't believe in this popular cliche of summer romances, but I can't deny that I've been a product of one or two. 

When someone is foolish enough to think that a budding romance from a summer fling can evolve to something more than the heat of the moment and the passion of the season, it takes a toll on their future decision on other possible romances. For example, I can be madly in love that one summer season, but by the end of it I'm heart broken. Do you think I'd be more open to other possibilities of love despite the different situation or circumstance? Obviously not.

So then why do we still gamble our feelings with these lucid affairs? 

There's always the obvious answer which is: the couple were in love the season. Then there's the unpopular answer: the two were looking for something to do. At last there's the absolute positive answer: summer romances are the all time fairy tale love that people can have in real life. 

If you really think about it, where do most successful summer romances occur? Movies and books. There's the ever popular Nicholas Spark's The Notebook and the absolute favorite 500 Days of Summer. Everyone wants the perfect ending and what better way to start by having your very own summer romance. Unfortunately, through personal experience, the summer heat dies down, so does the "fire burning" love you'll have for each other. The passion will come and go faster you can even say "fall season". Either way, this cliche of summer romance needs to pass. It's becoming a bore, I need something better to tell my friends this coming fall, other than saying "sorry, I didn't really have an eventful summer" just because everyone else had that one summer romance.

Keep calm and carry on

What do you do when you're fresh out of college, young, but no plans?

Absolutely nothing. What else is there to do? The fact that every possible job from retail to business office assistant needs past experience makes it very inconvenient for anyone to have any chance in the real world.

It's one thing for college students to refer to post-college graduation as "being in the real world". Everyone refers to it as this because when we're in college, we're meant to mess up and have someone else pick up the pieces. Or better yet, when we shit the bed, excuse the expression. However, once we cross that line, or stage, grab our swords, or diploma, we're thrown into the pits of the lion's den. We're defenseless and even hopeless at some point. 

Our college student excuses are no longer valid and our mistakes now defines us whereas it didn't have the right to define us before. It's frightening as well as suicidal to head into the world with no plans and no help. 

So what is there to do? Wait and see? Run and head on? Or stroll and relax? I say run. But when it comes to the point where you can't run, then walk. If you can't walk, then crawl. Do everything you can, just as long as you keep moving forward. 

Better way of putting it? Look back once in a while to see what you've accomplished or how far you've come because many don't even get to have the chance, but always look forward and remember that no one got anywhere going backwards.