Throughout a person's lifetime, there can be many significant changes that can occur. My most significant change occurred after graduating high school and beginning college. After graduating high school, I realized how much responsibility I would now have on me. Beginning college required me to have to take everything I had ever learned in school and apply it to college and the real world. These changes only made me grow more into a mature young adult.
             After graduation, I knew that from here on out my life was just truly beginning. There would be no more depending on my parents for all of my financial needs or no more lying around during the week or when we were off from school. I had been recognized into the real world, where working everyday full-time until college started was what I had in store. With working though comes with making money, but with that, there comes learning to manage my money. I couldn't just depend on my parents anymore for keeping up with my money for me; I had to learn to keep up with it on my own. Being on my own was the most crucial idea I had after graduation. I had realized that the fun teen years were now over and it was now time to grow and mature into a grown-up.
             Beginning college is when I had to take everything I had ever learned in school and apply it to college and life. When I began college, I truly didn't know exactly what to expect so from that I learned to have more patience. Also all of my friends had moved away to a four-year university so that was really hard to get use to. But, I have now made many new friends. When I began, college my outlook on school was so different because I knew this was the final most important part of my life before beginning my career choice. My state of mind had also changed from just thinking of the present into planning for my future. The most important thing that I have learned from beginning college is realizing that I have to separate my c...