Graduated at Twenty-Two

Graduated at Twenty-Two

by : Arryo

I believe everyone has their favourite month of the year, while mine is November. Luckily this November, I’m turning twenty two.  Generally, twenty-two is the phase where students graduated from college after four years of struggling for their bachelor degree. Of course, that made them happy and their parents proud of them. Aside from the good news, most of this fresh graduates will encounter the fear of what the future lies ahead, especially the overseas students.

No plans

The most common question that was asked to the fresh graduates is “What is your plan after you graduated?” or “What you wanna do after you graduated?”. And the simplest answer to that is “I don’t know.”. That’s the fact! But some of them will stick with the plan to find a nine-to-five job as soon as possible.

Being unemployed

Sent your employment letter to every single company everyday non-stop. Went into several job interviews and being rejected. At the end of the day, you are still unemployed and it makes you realized that finding a job is not as easy as what you have predicted. In the worst scenario, the trauma of being turned down will dent your confidence.

Money to survive

Whether you are overseas students or not, one thing for sure is that we all need money to live. This is the most difficult problem to deal with, especially for overseas students. They must learn how to spend their money wisely, from renting, foods, groceries and others. If you’re still unemployed, then how to survive with no income? Except from your parents.

Burden your parents

At this point, you will start feeling bad to keep asking your parents to support your needs.  Even though, they did not mind it at all. But, you couldn’t resist the feeling of how irresponsible you are.

Depression

Summing up the misfortunes that happened from being unemployed, no proper plans, financial problem, ages, can often be viewed as a sign of failure in society. I believe one of the biggest fear as a human is, the fact of being rejected / unaccepted in society as a failure and that could lead to depression.

If you happened to feel that way, then please take note about this.  A gentleman once told me about this “Do not mind of what other people think of you. They did not have the power to control over you. In the end, you are the one who is in charge of yourself.”

He added “You are not worthless for being unemployed. So, all you need to do is trying the best as you can and make your decision to keep going. Because, you are worth more than that.”

So, get back on your feet and deal with the pressure! It takes time, we just did not know when or how the life-changing moments came to us. Keep trying the best and remember to enjoy every moment that you have right now. Because, “you will figure it out.”

By any chance, if you were reading this post, I would like to thank you!

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