>>> I wish I would have had time to enjoy the rest of the college experience. <<<
I felt this way when I finished playing college ball. I asked both kids if they felt it when they were done. They did. But like me with a chance to do it over they would choose to play again.
Both kids spent their summer after college graduation at the shore having a good time. They worked summer type beach jobs and played. They had spent every summer since age eleven with baseball/softball being the primary summer activity. We went on vacations in August. But baseball/softball always came first.
To quote my son, “I’m going to have a few beers this summer. In my more lucid moments I’ll create a game plan to find a job in the fall.” In August he informed me he already had a job lined up to start in September. It was from his previous summer internship.