There’s this weird bittersweet feeling we tend to get when something is coming to an end. It doesn’t matter whether the ending is a good or bad thing: it’s just somewhat sad every single time! This isn’t a question of reverse-schadenfreude either. I have no answer for you. I’m sure there’s research on the web that can explain this but to avoid having to create a Works Cited list, here’s how I've always dealt with change.
Going to school for the first time was wild
![Child holding on to a stop sign while mother pulls him off as a school bus pulls up the street. Text reads:](/writing-and-communication-centre/sites/default/files/uploads/images/untitled_0.png)
In my opinion, the worst change is what puberty did to my voice: I do not have the X factor.
![Person singing horribly.](/writing-and-communication-centre/sites/default/files/uploads/images/8.png)
![Person recording their voice on a cell phone.](/writing-and-communication-centre/sites/default/files/uploads/images/7.png)
Changing schools was pretty lame too
![PErson being dragged by his feet. Text reads:](/writing-and-communication-centre/sites/default/files/uploads/images/3_0.png)
I had dozens of excuses to avoid change
![Drawing of child standing. Text reads:](/writing-and-communication-centre/sites/default/files/uploads/images/4.png)
![Stick man standing cross armed. Text reads:](/writing-and-communication-centre/sites/default/files/uploads/images/5.png)
Which brings me to my favourite point in adolescence. During this era, I would deal with change by making changes of my own. I still do sometimes.
![Eleventh grader with piercings and spiky hair.](/writing-and-communication-centre/sites/default/files/uploads/images/6.png)
Fortunately, university is better. I still can’t sing but everything else is pretty okay.
![Person wondering what their major will be tomorrow.](/writing-and-communication-centre/sites/default/files/uploads/images/2.png)
Maybe I’ve become more adaptable; maybe I just don’t care. Who knows? Nowadays, when I have a problem, I usually just Netflix or overthink it until all hypothetical possibilities make real life seem better. All this is to say that co-op is done and I'm sad to be losing my audience of two. ily.