Post-Grad, Now What?
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Post-Grad, Now What?

What life is really like, post-grad.

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Almost a month ago, I graduated college. That honestly is still so crazy to me. But post-grad life is, well, underwhelming.

My days are filled with applying to full-time jobs and continuously checking my email before I head off to my part-time job. Honestly, I'm grateful to have that.

Anytime I see someone I haven't seen since I graduated, the conversation always ends up somewhat the same. "How does it feel to be done school forever?"

It doesn't feel like anything. I honestly feel like I have every year after the end of a spring semester: exhausted. I don't think it's going to hit me until I don't go back to Rowan in September.

"Do you have a plan for what you're going to do now?" Nope, definitely no plan.

"Do you have any job offers?" Nope, definitely don't have any of those.

The biggest question that has been lying in my head since graduation is, "Now what?"

Now, what am I supposed to do? Do I get a full-time job? Do I go back to school? Do I travel?

Seriously, now what? What am I going to do with my degree?

People keep telling me, "You have a degree, you can do whatever. It doesn't really have to be in that field!"

I'm sorry, what? I spent the last five years in college, and you're telling me to look for a job outside of my degree?

Okay, no. I didn't write radio and TV ad scripts, create product pitches or design a complete advertising campaign to get a job outside of advertising.

I have TONS of people making suggestions like, "You'd be a great salesperson."

I won't disagree. I'm a people person and I love talking to people. I've always been one of those kids who could get anyone to talk in class.

However, I don't want to use my degree to sell a "year membership that is $355, less than a dollar a day" for the next year or so to gain experience to get a better job.

I have a lot fewer people asking me what I want to do. I want to write and edit ad copies. I want to be on a creative design team. I want to work in a city.

Post-grad is a lot of "now what's". Post-grad is a lot of unwanted opinions. Post-grad is a lot of time on Indeed.

But for now, post-grad is "now what"?

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