When I graduated from Salisbury University last winter, my graduation class was made up of two groups: those who knew what they wanted to do and those who didn’t.

I was in the second group.

I had narrowed down the jobs I was interested in to journalism and being a TESOL teacher. When I was a freshman, I had been certain that I wanted to be an English teacher in high school or college. Over time, I realized that I didn’t want to read that much old English literature, thanks to a couple of quirky professors.

So with the jobs I was interested in being narrowed down to two, I thought I would be applying to jobs every day. But then something happened—this something I will call the "post-graduation bubble."

The post-graduation bubble is, to put it simply, when we get too comfortable inside of of our parents’ homes. When we were in college, we had to do things on our own. But for those of us whose parents spoil us, we now have the same privileges again that we had when we were younger.

Now that we have moved back inside of our family dwellings, we don’t have to do our laundry anymore. We get to eat homemade food, and we have unlimited access to the fridge at our disposal. When I consider these, the idea of moving out becomes unappealing.

Then there’s all the costs associated with living on your own. Besides groceries, you have to pay for rent, water, and electricity. When I was a kid, I took these for granted. Now I realize how precious having them paid for is. With so many benefits to staying with our parents, why would we millennials be in a hurry to leave the nest?

I have time to do all the things I always wanted to do. I told myself I could read every Jane Austen novel before I start working. I want to read the "A Darker Shade of Magic" series, and Stephanie Meyers’ "The Host." I watch cooking shows and "The Voice" every night. I sleep in until noon. Why trade the comfort of security for the unknown?

Because we are scared? Scared because we don’t know what the workplace is like? We’ve all had summer jobs, but those were different. We don’t know what employers’ expectations will be. In school, we got a syllabus at the start of each semester detailing each professor’s expectations and demands. What will it be like once there is no syllabus anymore?

And we’re especially scared of the cost of living. House prices aren’t cheap. Water and electricity are getting more and more expensive. We need to pay our phone bills, and we need gas for our cars. If we live on our own, we need groceries, and we need furniture. We need cleaning supplies and a million other things for our homes. Life is a lot more expensive than it was when our parents were kids, so I feel that we are justified in wanting to stay in our parents’ homes.

I will have to trade in the comforts of security for the unknown. I know that someday the time will come when I can no longer live with my family. It’s just that in this case, later is better than sooner.