So I didn’t win best portfolio, and I’m fine with that. I didn’t expect it, honestly, because so much of the work I have been able to do outside of class projects has been...let’s just say not applicable (it’s been porn for you guys). However, one of my best friends won best portfolio, and I’m beyond happy for him. He absolutely earned it, and I would feel robbed on his behalf if he didn’t.

But here I am. I made it. Four years of pain, misery, excitement, joy, hardship, suffering, elation, success, failure, and the hardest I’ve ever worked in my fucking life, and I’m here, and in 9 days, I take the biggest step of my life in my graduation walk.

After that, I take an even bigger step and build something else to be just as proud of. It’s not the end of the book, only the end of the chapter.