by Abbigale Kernya for The 44 North Managing Editor Students tossing their graduation caps in the air. To be honest, I don’t really know.    What comes after four hard, draining years besides a pile of debt and a sense that everywhere you step is the wrong direction? It’s a strange sort of navigation to move past everything that defined you as an adult: the transition from teenager to student to know a third unknown, unfamiliar identity. Who am I now? Who am I supposed to be?   What if I...

By Abbigale Kernya for The 44 North Managing Editor A woman with a sparkler celebrating the new year at a party. 1. You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink.    This has been my motto lately. I’m sure my friends are sick of hearing about it, and I admit saying it out loud repeatedly makes me feel about thirty years older than I actually am, but it’s true.    2024 was an epic learning curve for me in so many ways. Mental health specifically, I had a friend who was really...

Nearly three years ago, I wrote a piece reflecting on my first year in university. I wrote about the fear that comes with opening a new chapter in your life, the constant struggle of wondering if you made the right decision or not, and the debilitating loneliness of post-secondary that I never heard people talk about before I went off to school.