It’s come to that time when some of us have recently
graduated, others are about to graduate, or some have their last year pending
before the big day. Either way, graduation and the limbo phase that you enter
into after is an unavoidable part of your steps to success.
For the majority of young people, we get so entangled in
education, that the world seems like a bubble for our first twenty years or so.
And no one really sits you down to tell you what to expect afterwards. You’re
kind of just expected to throw your graduation hat into the air and wake up the
next morning falling head first into a high-earning role and kick-starting your
career. That’s how it’s portrayed – no one talks about the fine print, the
disclaimers or the words between the lines you were meant to read.
And what if you’ve done a creative degree? We’re always told
that the creative sector is the most competitive, and if you were brought up
like me, you might even have been discouraged from pursuing a career in the
creative industry because of the lack of job security. But what if that’s what
you really want to do? Yet we’ve been told that 9-5’s are the only way you can
function as an adult. And that being your own boss is far too idealistic, and
you need to have a career focus. We’ve been told that if we’re interested in
more than one thing, that just too damn bad – just pick one and stick with it.
We’ve got bills to pay, didn’t you know?
