Your Survival Guy and Gal were at Babson College this weekend for our son’s graduation. It felt like yesterday we were dropping him off for freshman orientation. I remember the emotions that day as we pulled out of campus and felt them all over again this weekend. He was leaving for the last time as a student, something his mom and I did after graduating in 1994.

You worry as a new grad. What will life be like? They don’t teach you how to survive and thrive in finding a roommate and an apartment. How to afford grocery shopping for healthy food, or any of the other parts of life that we all are hopefully getting better at by now. It’s hard to get your bearings.

And we all know that different stages call for different skills. And that the hard things we do feel pretty good when they’re to our stern. Happy that we got through. Not sure we’d want to do it again. We never stop having those experiences and challenges in life, no matter how old we are. We just push forward and believe we have what it takes to carry on. Something I believe you have.

Congratulations.

Action Line: I hope someone you love is graduating this spring, and how fortunate they are to have you in their life. Keep me posted. Email at ejsmith@yoursurvivalguy.com. If you know a recent graduate or someone in college today, send them a copy of my free Special Report: How to Invest After Graduating College.

Originally posted on Your Survival Guy.