Walking at graduation?

Trying to plan a post-grad europe trip. Classes end the last week of april but commencement isn't til the end of May. I start work end of July.

Should I do a 2.5 month uninterrupted trip? One month, come back for graduation, then another month? Or chill until commencement then travel after?

In other words, will I regret not walking at commencement?

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I shook hands with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff graduation day. I got to hear a very motivating speech before I went out into the world. 

I think it all depends on how good your commencement speaker is and how badly you want to get graduation day photos.

If the speaker is mediocre and you don’t care about graduation photos and family photos, then maybe you can skip it.

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

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