Post-Grad Blues
If this is what life post-grad is going to be like, part of me wants to go back in time, crawl into my mother's womb, and hang myself with my umbilical cord.
I'm kidding, but only kinda.
A friend and I were recently discussing the post-grad blues. Apparently it's a fairly common malaise, but that doesn't make it suck any less. Let me fill you in on my life:
I am unemployed. You know, part of me was actually looking forward to this. That is, until I found out how much my student loans were going to cost me and how boring life without a job really is. I've finally started getting a few interviews, so my optimism of finding something has increased, but only marginally. We all know how great the U.S. economy is doing right now.
I have no significant other in my life. Normally this would not be a problem, but now that I'm a graduate, I guess I want to start working on more serious relationships. The only person I was seeing has apparently dropped off the face of the earth. Not to mention, everyone else around me seems to be in a relationship, which only amplifies the fact that I have no one.
Going off my friends being in relationships, the people around me have also disappeared. Not completely, but significantly. I spend more and more of my days alone. I can't help but think of the Simple Plan song that goes "I think I have a lot of friends, but I don't hear from them / What's another night all alone when you're spending every day on your own". So true.
Woe is me, huh? I realize that this is only a phase that I am going through and that things will start picking up soon. Still, the post-grad blues are no fun.
I'm kidding, but only kinda.
A friend and I were recently discussing the post-grad blues. Apparently it's a fairly common malaise, but that doesn't make it suck any less. Let me fill you in on my life:
I am unemployed. You know, part of me was actually looking forward to this. That is, until I found out how much my student loans were going to cost me and how boring life without a job really is. I've finally started getting a few interviews, so my optimism of finding something has increased, but only marginally. We all know how great the U.S. economy is doing right now.
I have no significant other in my life. Normally this would not be a problem, but now that I'm a graduate, I guess I want to start working on more serious relationships. The only person I was seeing has apparently dropped off the face of the earth. Not to mention, everyone else around me seems to be in a relationship, which only amplifies the fact that I have no one.
Going off my friends being in relationships, the people around me have also disappeared. Not completely, but significantly. I spend more and more of my days alone. I can't help but think of the Simple Plan song that goes "I think I have a lot of friends, but I don't hear from them / What's another night all alone when you're spending every day on your own". So true.
Woe is me, huh? I realize that this is only a phase that I am going through and that things will start picking up soon. Still, the post-grad blues are no fun.