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You Graduated College Now What?

     I know from personal experience how exciting and overwhelming graduating college can be. On the one hand graduating college can be a wonderful experience full of pride, joy, and even relief. However, on the other hand, you know that gone are the days where walking around in sweatpants and slippers were acceptable wardrobe choices, and people could hardly differentiate if you were hungover from a caffeine and sugar infused all-nighter, or from a night of partying away your stress. Almost instantly responsibilities seem to get heavier, and the choices you make seem to have the ability to completely alter your career and life. As overwhelming and scary as this can feel, all those cliches people say are true. The world can be your oyster now, where you are free to do anything you chose to do. For example, you can one of those people that decides to travel the world and continue to put off your responsibilities a bit longer if you choose to (after all you earned the right to do that). Or you can apply to grad school abroad if that better suits you. You can be like me and sleep as much as possible, while meticulously applying to as many jobs as possible. Maybe you're one of those people lucky enough to get a job straight out of school. Or maybe you incurred a lot of debt in college and decided to work in a job not directly related to your career. There is no shame whatsoever, in doing what you know is best for you. It is true that other people will want to give you their opinions about what you should do, but YOU graduated college. You deserve to do whatever you feel is best for you because you were able to accomplish something that not everyone can do. Regardless what anyone says, we know that graduating college is no easy feat. This is your moment, go out there and slay.