A graduate's most hated question

Dear friends and family,

Can you please stop asking me what’s next? Some of us who graduate from college have no clue what’s next. That place I interned at all year, yeah. They didn’t offer me the job. Those grad programs I applied to… still, haven’t heard back. Honestly, If I didn’t tell you that I’m moving and starting a career somewhere, chances are, I am not. If I knew what was next, you would too.

I’m not mad at you for asking. I’m just overwhelmed. I want you to know that I’m young, and although I should know what’s next, I don’t. So can you please stop asking me what’s next because every time you ask that question a million thoughts run through my mind. It’s one sentence that causes so much confusion for me.

Friends and family, just know that I am taking it one day at a time. I’m doing what I am supposed to be doing. I’m treading life as is, and I am LIVING. Trying to at least. I refuse to force myself to do what society wants me to do. I’m waiting and exploring the ideas of what I am called to do. Something that will bring me both joy and money.

So while I go through these post-grad anxieties please just pray for me.

Sincerely,
A recent grad.