Don’t you wish you could meet your future self and find out how it all turns out?
For years, your life was laid out in front of you. You went to elementary school, high school, then some sort of post-secondary education. And then....you graduated.
What now?
Perhaps you had a plan, only to have it derailed because you didn’t achieve what you thought you would. Or it turns out that perfect plan wasn’t so perfect a fit for you after all. Life can throw you for a loop no matter how hard (or how hard you don’t) work, and many recent graduates suddenly find themselves adrift in a world where everyone else seems to have it together. How do you cope? How do you pick up the pieces of your once bright and shiny dreams and build anew? Some of you may already have a vague idea of what you want to do, but no clue as to how to get there. Still others struggle with forming a concrete picture of what our lives could look like. But for all of us, we have one thing in common; that the immediate future is a gaping hole that we somehow have to bridge in order to cross over to the successful life we just know is waiting for us on the other side. Worst of all? There’s no-one to build that bridge but us.
Since you can’t meet that future version of yourself, we thought it’d be nice to have the next best thing: a guide to living your life as you navigate that in-between stage and try to move on to bigger and better things. There will be posts on dealing with those rejection letters, keeping friendships alive when everyone you know seems to be moving on without you, and how to feel like a (semi-) independent adult when you live at home with your parents. Of course, there will more than a few emotional outpourings along the way, definitely on our parts, and maybe on yours. But that’s the point. There are many of us who are, or have been in limbo, and when you can’t see a way out of it, it’s often comforting to know that there are others there with you. We’re still figuring it out, and while we don’t have all the answers, let’s share how we feel and learn from each other. Then, we think, limbo won’t be so bad.
For years, your life was laid out in front of you. You went to elementary school, high school, then some sort of post-secondary education. And then....you graduated.
What now?
Perhaps you had a plan, only to have it derailed because you didn’t achieve what you thought you would. Or it turns out that perfect plan wasn’t so perfect a fit for you after all. Life can throw you for a loop no matter how hard (or how hard you don’t) work, and many recent graduates suddenly find themselves adrift in a world where everyone else seems to have it together. How do you cope? How do you pick up the pieces of your once bright and shiny dreams and build anew? Some of you may already have a vague idea of what you want to do, but no clue as to how to get there. Still others struggle with forming a concrete picture of what our lives could look like. But for all of us, we have one thing in common; that the immediate future is a gaping hole that we somehow have to bridge in order to cross over to the successful life we just know is waiting for us on the other side. Worst of all? There’s no-one to build that bridge but us.
Since you can’t meet that future version of yourself, we thought it’d be nice to have the next best thing: a guide to living your life as you navigate that in-between stage and try to move on to bigger and better things. There will be posts on dealing with those rejection letters, keeping friendships alive when everyone you know seems to be moving on without you, and how to feel like a (semi-) independent adult when you live at home with your parents. Of course, there will more than a few emotional outpourings along the way, definitely on our parts, and maybe on yours. But that’s the point. There are many of us who are, or have been in limbo, and when you can’t see a way out of it, it’s often comforting to know that there are others there with you. We’re still figuring it out, and while we don’t have all the answers, let’s share how we feel and learn from each other. Then, we think, limbo won’t be so bad.
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