I am finding myself as a post-grad. This is something that I didn’t think I would ever write. When I think about the phrase, “finding myself,” I often see it as a hippie way of saying I don’t know what I’m doing. In finding myself, I have realized that I was mistaken.
On one hand, I do know who I am. I have dreams and aspirations. I have short-term and long-term goals. However, the concept of finding myself was never something I mulled over. I identified what I aspired to be with who I am. But perhaps this isn’t totally true.
Some people, like myself, are trying to figure out if we create ourselves or if we’re already the person we will be. Do we create or do we find it? I’m not sure if I have an answer to that question. Honestly, I don’t know if there is a right or wrong answer to that question. However, when I say that I’m finding myself, I mean that I am trying to find out who I am and who I want to be.
Some people, like myself, are trying to figure out if we create ourselves or if we’re already the person we will be.
I’ve noticed that many post-grads, such as myself, get caught up in moving from one thing to the next. I went from having an active social life to no social life at all. As a result, I re-defined myself from an extrovert to an extroverted-introvert. Sounds like an anomaly, right? I spend more time on the Internet reading and learning about random facts. Generally, I spend a lot of time reading anything. I’m learning more and more about myself as a person from culinary interests to legal interests.
However, I’ve learned that finding myself isn’t a bad thing. It doesn’t mean that I’m lost and even if I were lost in my life, I can still be found. Finding myself is important for me as a post-grad. It’s important for anyone who is going through this crazy journey after college.
Question of the day:
How do you feel about finding yourself as a post-grad?
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It’s been a long time since I graduated, but I remember that feeling of loss. Not in a really terrible, sad, awful way. But I really missed not having my friends to talk to, learning new things, different experiences through visiting diverse schools. I really became a different person when I was at uni, and I completely redefined who I was when I finished!
It’s so weird, isn’t it? It’s been a while since I graduated from college and even grad school, but it’s something I never thought I’d experience so much later in life. At the same time, I think it’s important to highlight and validate our feelings since I feel it’s something that’s not talked about enough.