Hey guys! Long time, no see. I think that happens when you enter adult life - you lose track of the things you love doing. Which is what actually inspired me to write this post.
It's that time of year where everyone is going back or starting university and this is the first time in 3 years where I've not been one of them. I graduated this summer, after what felt like the quickest, yet best, 3 years of my life.
Everyone always talks about what uni is like and the ups and downs, but no one really seems to acknowledge what it's like leaving. Its a weird time for all people graduating and there are only really a few options we can choose from to do next:
A - Find a job
B - Carry on studying
C - Take a gap year
Most people try and go with option A. But really option A isn't as easy as people think. It's a weird time, some people manage to grab a job straight away, some are applying for jobs months after they have graduated with no success.
Everyone enters a weird limbo stage where we have finally been cast out into the adult world and we don't really know how to deal with it. I lot of people find they love this "adult world", others hate it. There is this strange feeling inside most of us wishing we were those students again, just starting uni for the first time.
If you are lucky enough to choose option A and actually land a job, it's like adult life hits you all at once. You go from doing 2 days at uni barely making your 9am's to a full-time 9-5 schedule. You spend the first month just basically recovering from the shock. Your social life can take a back seat when you only have 2 days a week for yourself. It's hard to get used to the whole thing and find a balance.
To add to the craziness, if you made the decision not to move back home, there are all these other responsibilities that hit you. Goodbye student loan that helped me pay my rent and hello council tax.. who knew council tax was so bloody expensive?
So here we are, watching all the students return to uni with a slight envy wishing we were still in their position. I heard a lot of people on Twitter calling it 'post-uni depression' but idk how deep you want to get into it.
But the reality is, we should be proud of what we have accomplished. We have finished our time studying and we fucking smashed it. It's easy to forget all the hard work that you've done, especially when you are so confused about your current situation and what to do. It may even feel like a waste to some people who are struggling to find their path.
But you should be fucking proud of yourself, whatever you've ended up doing. The fact is, most of us are all in the same shoes, trying to figure out our next move and what we want to do with our lives.
Just remember to take a step back and be like - hell yeah, so now what?
Love Rebecca Ashley Beauty x
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