I remember way back when I was in kindergarten. We were asked what we wanted to be when we grow up. I would never forget my answer that day: "When I grow up, I want to be a pilot", and sure enough my hopes of becoming a pilot never materialized. Currently I am an intern in a corporate company in Cebu and yet to finish my degree in IT. Yeah, you read it right, IT as in Information Technology, so much for being a pilot.
In my stint as an intern I experienced a little taste of life in the real world and yes, you have almost zero time for yourself. I know it's just a small fraction of what is to come but nonetheless it's more or less the same. Although your mood towards your job depends totally on the person and the job but most of the time we don't get to choose our job. It's not as simple as picking out a job that you like and beym!, instant hiring at it's best. Unfortunately it's not like that, we take what is given. Then there is the moving to another place to find a job and if you're like me who lives in a province that has little or no big companies to work for, we go to big, dirty, and noisy cities others even go abroad to look for a job opportunity and having to adapt to this kind of lifestyle is not easy. I have been here in Cebu for about a month and I am totally missing home, my quiet, fresh and small home. Yeah, this sucks but we need to live with it if we are to survive in this battlefield known as life.
You probably think, is this all that there is after graduation? Your are not alone, I bet we think this because we are still in a transitional phase and that we are not used to having the same old routine over and over again. Come to think of it, there are also a lot of good things that come after you have graduated. You meet new people with personalities you have never encountered before; fresh new pages on your biography. Your goals (in a materialistic standpoint) that seem impossible are now much less impossible to attain, given you have an adequate salary for your daily living. We have free coffee, I don't about your future company or job but here in our company coffee is totally free and being a coffee guy this is a plus. Okay I admit the latter is quite irrelevant but still, it makes me happy. Only a few things in life are free, unless you go to a grocery store that offers free taste with each product that they sell. So at the end of the day it still up to you to find happiness in a somewhat monotonous environment.
The point is, life may not be as fun, as great and as wild back in college but college is just a training ground to hone your skills so you can fend for yourself in the harsh corporate world. Think of student life as a roller coaster, exciting but reckless, and work life as a carousel, steady but sure at least that's how I see it. You may not land your dream job but make the most out of what you are given. So enjoy all you want as a student while there is plenty of time, because time in life after school is as elusive as that pen and paper back in college.
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You probably think, is this all that there is after graduation? Your are not alone, I bet we think this because we are still in a transitional phase and that we are not used to having the same old routine over and over again. Come to think of it, there are also a lot of good things that come after you have graduated. You meet new people with personalities you have never encountered before; fresh new pages on your biography. Your goals (in a materialistic standpoint) that seem impossible are now much less impossible to attain, given you have an adequate salary for your daily living. We have free coffee, I don't about your future company or job but here in our company coffee is totally free and being a coffee guy this is a plus. Okay I admit the latter is quite irrelevant but still, it makes me happy. Only a few things in life are free, unless you go to a grocery store that offers free taste with each product that they sell. So at the end of the day it still up to you to find happiness in a somewhat monotonous environment.
The point is, life may not be as fun, as great and as wild back in college but college is just a training ground to hone your skills so you can fend for yourself in the harsh corporate world. Think of student life as a roller coaster, exciting but reckless, and work life as a carousel, steady but sure at least that's how I see it. You may not land your dream job but make the most out of what you are given. So enjoy all you want as a student while there is plenty of time, because time in life after school is as elusive as that pen and paper back in college.
Photo URL: http://studentschoolhouse.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/now-what1.jpg
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