It's great that you are excited about the future. That's probably the most important thing. Having graduated about 13 years ago now, I guess that the thing tha

It's great that you are excited about the future. That's probably the most important thing. Having graduated about 13 years ago now, I guess that the thing that I come to realize is that if you're not happy now, you probably won't be happy at the next "phase," so enjoy the ride. Also, there seems to be an inverse relationship between happiness and responsibility. I don't fear or dodge responsibility, but I try to better understand its diminishing return in the scope of my life/happiness. I could be wrong, but I don't think at the end of it all, I'll be wishing that I would have taken on more responsibility, earlier.