Like all college students I am not a fan of when people ask me what I am going to do after college. If someone actually knows what they want to do and has this so called "Five year plan" good for them. I hope it works out. But for the majority of us, we have no clue. The only major decision we have made thus far is what college we attended, and for some that decision turned out to be a giant flop or not that big of a decision anyway. As Zac Bissonnette says in his book "
Debt-Free: U" college is really what you make of it. So in actuality, the big decision we made when we chose what school to attend was not a "big decision" rather the culmination of all the little things we did to make our school fit us was the more important decision and action. So what about the future? What about this "big decision" of what we are going to do for our career, where we want to live, and how we plan on getting our lives together? Not as big a decision as it seems. Okay, it is a big decision, it is a big part of who we are going to be, but really things change, companies go out of business, people get married and relocate. It's not an end all. It's just a job, and you can decide which one to pick and then you can decide to make it be what you want (to a certain extent). If the first job you get out of college has nothing to with want you want to do, it's okay. It's okay because once you know what you want and when you figure out how you can get there, it will happen. It'll happen because you got that first job and you hated it and you learned what you didn't want. Learning what you don't want is a huge factor in figuring out what you do want.
So. Five year plan? There is no answer for me. Most things are up in the air and that's okay (for now). One major decision I am currently being faced with is WHERE I want to live and work. But once again, if I decide to live in one place, it doesn't mean I am going to live there my entire life. I could move and work in California for five years and come back to the East coast where maybe my real career will be. But I don't know. Not knowing is pretty scary, but it's the situation most college students and recent graduates are in. It's okay. I am just going to relax and follow every lead that crosses my path and those that I seek out myself. That's all I've got, because as I've mentioned, I have no idea, but it's okay.
