Congratulations to all of the recent graduates! Before you jump ahead into your next chapter, take a look at these 8 pieces of advice.

This week was a huge one for graduations both in Rockford and around the country. What an awesome feeling to complete high school or college and get to take a step into the future. So many possibilities await!

But, of course, this is also a chance to look to people who've been in this stage of life before and gather advice.

Our intern, Briana, didn't graduate from college yet, but she did finish her internship at ZOK last week and as her final "project" I asked her to go around and collect graduate advice from people throughout our building.

Briana gathered 8 piece of advice including one story about being kicked out of graduation that while ridiculous is actually true.

What advice do you have for recent grads?

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