So you’re about to graduate, you’ve created the perfect CV, and you’re ready to deep dive into real life, and leave the university bubble behind. Here are the 10 things nobody tells you when you graduate:
The drama doesn’t stay at university. Office politics are real, kids.
It’s natural… everyone loves a bit of gossip, and the workplace is the ideal environment for that gossip to spread. Do your best to stay out of it.
Your 20s can actually be quite lonely.
Your friends are all across the country, and you’re not forced into situations with other people your own age. Join some clubs and make some new friends. Plus, there’s nothing wrong with being pals with 45-year-old June from work.
Trainers in clubs are a uni thing, once you’re graduated, it’s back to the heels. RIP feet x
I MISS THOSE DAYS! Unless you’re at a rave or festival, chances are the heels are going to need to be taken out of the box, and dusted off. They make your legs look great, but boy do they hurt.
Keeping friendships alive when everyone lives at other ends of the country can be hard, but it’s definitely worth the effort.
I live for weekend trips away with my girls. Make the effort.
Your job might not even include anything you learnt in your degree. (I mean, I studied geography and now I’m in marketing…).
I’m a true believer in university can be so much more than a degree. Despite my job having nothing to do with my degree, I don’t think I could have got it without everything I learnt at university.
Despite what they say, university might not actually be the best years of your life.
Sure, I LOVED those 3 years, but there was also a hell of a lot of tough times. I’ve got holiday plans, house-buying plans and years ahead of me to be the best years of my life.
Making friends is HARD!
Fortunately, I’ve got high school and university pals not far from home, but finding friends can be tough.
Your degree, and your grades especially, might not actually matter all that much.
A lot of jobs will require a degree but probably won’t ask that much about it, or what grades you got. Don’t fret too much about it.
Working a full-time job can be exhausting.
9 till 5 days, 5 days a week, while trying to squeeze in the gym, time to eat, time to socialise and everything else? It’s tough.
But it can actually be really rewarding too.
I’ve achieved and learnt so much since working, and I’m pretty proud of everything I’ve done. Who’d have thought I’d be where I am now?
Lucy x
