The Adjourning Phase

The adjourning stage to me is usually one that is bittersweet. There is usually an accomplishment that I am proud of and glad to have completed, but it is always difficult for me to leave the relationships that have been built in the process. There are many examples of groups we have all been a part of, but the ones that are hardest to say goodbye are the ones that I have been apart of the longest and created the closest friendships.

My high school graduating class is a group that I grew up with all through school. Although we were not always in a specific group, we worked on different projects and assignments throughout school. To me, high school graduation was one of the saddest days of my life. I was happy to start a new chapter, but extremely sad to be going separate ways from all of my childhood friends. The adjourning of this special group was so hard because of the relationships I had built within this group. This happened again when gradating from college. The group of  my close education graduating class had traveled together through many of our education classes and learned a great deal from each other. Again, the adjourning of this group was hard for me. Many of my friends graduated and moved back to their hometowns and only a few do I communicate with today. As I look forward to graduating yet again from my Master's program, I feel that I have learned a lot from this group as well. However, with this group I have not had personal contact with anyone and only conversed through class discussion, so the adjourning process will be more of a celebration with my classmates this time. I look forward to celebrating this accomplishment with my classmates.