The things about graduating nobody talks about
I finished uni in June, and had my graduation
ceremony last month. Over the four and a half months since I left the bubble of
university life, I've had all the typical experiences. Looking for somewhere to
live. Looking for a job, and getting a hundred rejection letters, or more
likely no response at all.
Having to make the horrible decision to sign on
at the job centre, and the resulting fun (not) appointments where I've seen
countless ways the system doesn't help people, but also the few it does.
Eventually, last month I managed to secure a temporary Christmas job at Boots,
which lasts until Christmas Eve.
It's not perfect, very far from it, but it's
something, and at this point I literally can't afford to be choosy. Amidst all
of that, I've been hit with an emotional roller coaster of feelings about
making my first steps into the 'real world'. Of course there's the usual
anxiety about job applications, job interviews, first days at a new job. Then
there's the existential crisis which many young people will be familiar with;
where am I going, what am I doing with my life?
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