As a senior in college, the question everyone is asking...and I mean EVERYONE! Is "what are your plans after graduation?" Sometimes there are variations to this, but for the most part they are all asking the same thing.
I'm not like most people that knew they wanted to be a Vet or a Doctor (or whatever) at a young age. People always told me that it was okay and that I would figure it out. To be completely honest, I don't think I even had those "I want to be a princess" moments. Don't get me wrong, growing up I loved being outdoors, playing sports, hanging with friends. It wasn't like I didn't have interests, I just never really planned for the future.
Years down the road, I had to decide what college to go to. Let's be real. No matter what you do for a job these days, you have to go to college. (At least I understood that, right?). The ultimate struggle is trying to decide what school to go to when you still have no clue what you want to study or do for an occupation. This led me to choosing a small liberal arts school. I thought that since I had to take a variety of general education courses that just maybe I'd find something that spoke out to me.
Fast forward to freshman year of college. My thinking behind a liberal arts school started out well. I took only general education courses and found out that I disliked science, english, and history (I didn't have to take any math credits since I placed out of all of them). Soooo that's not good. I had zero interest in any of the main classes. Once again people told me "don't worry, you have time".
But one thing I know for sure is that time stops for no one. That time flew by and now it is my senior year of college. I do have a major (so there's that) but still not quite sure what my plans are for after college. Right now, my answer is that I am going to be a live-in dog walker for my parents. Sounds pretty spectacular right? Of course people always laugh...but honestly that is the best offer I have right now.
Thankfully, I have been making progress everyday. One thing that helped (and completely stressed me out) was on the first day of classes. One of my assignments was to look for job applications that we can apply to. That was probably the most stressful day of my 21 years of life. As I sat there, listening to everyone finish the assignment, I stared at the Google Search engine, I realized it was time to figure something out.
Yes, I technically still do have time to decide. But that time is going to be gone before I even know it. Just know as a high schooler or sophomore in college or whatever, you do have time. People saying that are correct! That being said, do start looking into what things you like, start realizing what makes you happy because soon you will be a senior in college like me, trying to sort out your life. And if that all fails, no worries, you can be a stay-at-home daughter after graduation. No shame.
