As adults that're just starting out in the world, everywhere we turn, we're asked to think about our career paths. If I may say, it's a bit unnerving.

During the entirety of our high school years, we were told to get involved so that we might pick up some hobbies and interests while also learning how to have self-discipline. That was when we were still trying to figure out who we were at that time.

We were trying to please others so that we could feel better about our choices as teenagers. The guidance counselor loved that we wanted to go to college to get a degree.

Now that I'm in college getting my degree, I've been hearing a lot about how my degree won't really matter when I get out there in the industry. Great.

However, we are still told to keep pushing and to stay in school so that we can finish what we started.

We are being squeezed by the pressures of the world to keep boosting our resumes, doing volunteer work, being in clubs, all while making a living to pay off our student debts.

How are we supposed to focus on ourselves? How are we supposed to make sure we are doing what we love so that we can stay balanced in a world that's so demanding? But yet, "mental health is so important."

All we want to do is find ourselves. We were given a matter of months to figure out what we want to do with the rest of our lives, based off of our past experiences. But what we tend to forget is that we are constantly changing. We might find that our interests aren't in the field that we originally picked.

But how were we supposed to know?

All we really want is some space. Space without the word "career" breathing down our backs. There is enough pressure as it is.

All we want to do is find our purpose in the world, outside of our occupations, and explore what the world has to offer.