What happens when growing up means letting go?

Have you ever wondered how much influence a common goal can have on your relationships?  For example, during those four euphoric years as college students, most of the thoughts that raced through our minds concerned our immediate goals: Make the deans list, become student body president, complete a study abroad, secure the ultimate summer internship, or if you were anything like me; make it to Thanksgiving break, make it to Winter break, make it to Summer break. But ultimately, our goal was to complete college, and our relationships were, well, easy! Graduation time, goal accomplished.  But now what?