When I started my freshman year of college I had a 4 year plan and it went something a little like this…Graduate college in 4 years double majoring in Computer Science and History, have amazing internships every single summer so by the time I started senior year I would know exactly where I wanted to work and the internships would give me the experience I needed, then by Christmas of senior year I would have a job and be all set for after Graduation that upcoming May. That way when I graduated I wouldn’t be moving back home, I would be moving into my own apartment in some amazing town or city and starting my own life…unfortunately that plan didn’t exactly happen.
Not only did I not double major, I didn’t even major in Computer Science or History. I was told by the dean of computer science at my college that girls did not do computer science and therefore I would not succeed in it. For some crazy reason I decided to listen to him, went on to change my major 5 times before settling for one that I don’t really even like.
Now i’m 6 months out of college, with no job, no plan and have nothing but complete boredom to pass my days…oh and student loans are due on November 2nd! yay me.
Yes I can blame myself for picking a University that was barely giving me any scholarship money and so I had to take out student loans, and yes I can blame myself for choosing a major that…. A. Doesn’t pay very well B. Has limited jobs and C. if you get a job its only because you had awesome internships or you know someone in the company. I probably should have figured all of this out junior year when I decided on my major.
I have figured out in the last 6 months what is important to me, what I want to do with my life (i think) and what I need to do to get there. I have also had lots of free time to learn new hobbies, become more organized and realize who is important to me. So really the only negative to this being unemployed thing is the fact that student loans are about to hit, i have no job and no way to really pay for them 6 months from now. Really if it wasn’t for the fact that I need money I would be completely fine with being unemployed and just exploring for a couple more months.
What I should have done was save my money during college instead of spending it at the bars or on clothes or on stupid junk and saved it for when I graduated and might need it for something. I plan for everything and make lists for everything. Why did I not make a 5 year plan when I made my 4 year plan? Why didn’t I think of a plan B for if I didn’t get a job?
Now i’m sitting in my parents house, unemployed, writing a blog, applying to jobs like it is a job and praying that sometime soon i get even a part time job offer so I don’t have to defer my loans and live with my parents forever.
The Rants of an Unemployed College Grad 