So, I walked at my graduation commencement last week and it was an interesting experience. Even though I will technically receive my diploma in December I decided that I wanted to walk early so I could be with my friends.

In a way I am glad I walked before I officially finished my undergraduate career. It made me realize how much I still need to get done before I enter into the real world. I have to learn little things like keeping track of my personal finances and figuring out where I am going to live and what I want to accomplish once I am done.

This summer I have been fortunate to start working on Indinero, which has the potential of turning into a dream full time job that I would do once I am done with college.

My goal these next few months are going to be to work hard so that I can accomplish the goals I want to achieve come the end of college and make sure I experience all that college life has to give me. There are so many interesting things that go on at the Berkeley campus, but with all the classes and organizations I am involved with I never had time to attend them. This last semester I am going to make myself go to as many of these things as possible because I believe it is important for all students to go to these types of events because once you are done with college these things are not so easily accessible to you. This last March I got to attend a talk by The Dalai Lama and that was such an insightful talk and I want to make sure I don’t ever miss anything like that.

Therefore, my advise to incoming freshmen is that don’t get to sucked into all the classes and organizations you join when you enter into college. They will be great experiences, but if you want to learn more about yourself and broaden your knowledge about the world you should find time to attend things that really aren’t usual things you would go to.

My advise to juniors and seniors is that make sure you know what you want to do after college and keep yourself on the track that will lead you to all those goals because it is really easy to go off track with all the other things that you have to deal with like essays, tests, etc…