Life after college should be a class they teach in college

After I graduated from college I immediately felt a huge amount of pressure to find a job and get established in the real world. I dreaded the normal questions people get bombarded with post-college "What's your major?" "What can you do with a major like that!?" "What kind of career do you want to do?" "Have you found a job yet?" "You don't know what you want to be?". I cringed every time I had a conversation with someone and those questions were brought up. I know that they were just genuinely interested what my plans for the future was but when you don't have everything figured out at the moment those simple questions can feel like you are being put on the witness stand during a trial. Part of the reason why I felt some anxiety was because I am the third person in my family to graduate from college. Both my older sister and older cousin had their degrees, had already secured their jobs 2 months after graduating and they both actually knew what they wanted to be, a teacher.  I thought there was no way that I could compete with them. I felt like they had set the bar really high and I didn't want to be that person that "failed".

I allowed myself a week to rest after graduating ( i took 6 classes, commuted an hour to and from school, and worked two part-time jobs hell i deserved it) before I dived into my tedious job search. When they say life after college is rough I feel like there is really nothing that can prepare you for the real world but it definitely would be helpful if colleges and high school start offering a Real World 101 class. I had applied to over 100 jobs and went on countless job interviews. I even fell for some job posting scams ( feeling dumb is not even close to how i felt). Hours turned into days, days turned into weeks and weeks turned into 3 months. I was going through a small period of being depressed. My life has been so consistent since i was in kindergarten. I have literally been in school my entire life and now I was forced to be an adult. Also i missed the little things about college such as being able to see my close friends everyday or going to parties and staying busy everyday. Idle time is really a dangerous thing. I was running out of options to do during the day to keep myself from going insane. 

Finally last week after a three month hiatus of not having a steady Monday-friday job God finally worked things in my favor and blessed me with an amazing job that I am actually happy to come to EVERY single day! No it may not be my absolute dream job but honestly even when i was still in college I had already accepted the fact that my first job post-college probably would not be the job I could see myself doing for the rest of my life. So far after being here for a little while I already have a list of positive reasons why I enjoy this job:

1. Everyone and I mean EVERYONE here is friendly

2. I get paid every week as opposed to every two weeks

3. I really do enjoy what I am doing

4. They give us free lunches and snacks sometimes ( thank God I have enough self control to not indulge in the pizza, cookies, cake and everything else they order frequently lol)

5. Even though my hours are 9-6 my day always flys by quickly

6. Loveee the location

7. Even with traffic it only takes me 30 min to get home

I could go on and on but obviously I have made my point. My job title is basically receptionist/office assistant. Normally when someone hears the word receptionist they just think of someone who just sits at a boring desk all day and answers incoming phone calls. My job is nothing like that, of course I do have to answer the phone and direct phone calls but I am actually busy doing stuff away from my desk most of the time or running around doing miscellaneous tasks. Now of course I did not attend four years of college to become a receptionist/office assistant but this job is providing me skills that I can put on my resume and use later for future job positions. I actually feel like I have a purpose now and when someone asks me if I have a job I can proudly say with a smile on my face "Yes, I do have a job". I've been told that the fact I have a job three/four months after college is amazing and a blessing and it truly is a blessing indeed.