12/3/2020 0 Comments A recent graduate introduction
This is the time to step back, reflect on the person you were before college and who you are now. This shouldn’t be an exercise in self-deprecation! The person you were four years ago barely knew how to press the “start” button on the dishwasher, and now you can cook boxed Penne Risotto and do the dishes just before your roommate comes home as to avoid an unwanted confrontation. The person you were four years ago could barely stomach a single beer, and now you can drink Natty Light from a beer bong off a flippin’ balcony. If you’re anything like me, you’ve learned a lot in the last four years, such as:
If you’re here reading this, you’re in one of three categories: 1. You’ve just finished college and are unsure where to go from here 2. You’re about to go to college and you’re wondering what to expect 3. You’re in college and you’re curious if you’re on the right track. Luckily, the articles described in this website are compiled to give advice and answers to young adults in any of these categories. Without a doubt, there WILL be something here for you. The focus of this website is to provide young adults with testimonials from real people to help you feel less alone in this time of transition. Graduating college is a huge step, and I wish I was provided with more guidance before I made the jump into my career.
Chances are, those people are only posting their highlights to make it seem like they’re living some glorious life vastly better than yours. Unless you’re the famous SoundCloud rapper, those people are faking it until they make it just as much as you are. However, that doesn’t mean you can’t add some of those highlights to your life. In fact, you should be taking the steps to add highlights to your life (even if you aren’t documenting them on social media) because graduating college is the first step to the kind of freedom you’ve been working toward for the last four years. Once a degree is in hand, the real work will begin. It’s time. The practice rounds are over. The tutorial is off. Now is the time to put the communication and critical thinking skills you learned over the last four years to good use, because you’re only getting older. But, how do I start? Good question. Easiest way to start is to pull out a sheet of paper (you have plenty of leftover notebooks from Philosophy 101) and start making a list. Start with 10 things you want to do before 30. Let your dreams run wild. Don’t hold back and think about limits. Think BIG.
Naturally, people change their minds a lot. It’s time to tentatively pick one or two items on this list and begin formulating a plan for how to make it happen. This website is going to cover a wide array of options that young adults and recent grads may do when they’re ready to take that next step. We’ll cover simple things about being an adult like how to budget wisely and how to do your taxes with ease. This site will also cover bigger topics like ways to travel the world when you’re young and how to invest your first paycheck. Growing up is tough, it’s really, truly difficult. You’re in the right place. Get the degree. Make the plan. Tune in to the next article where we discuss 10 very real options for the first year after graduating. Leave a comment below if there is anything you’d like us to cover in future articles!
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