You know, I was a "procrastinator" for many years until I up and realized that I wasn't procrastinating, I was just not that interested in some things.
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Hence, this year I have applied myself studiously to a whole bunch of projects, ranging from sculptures to film reviews which have nothing to do with my formal studies, but which I found personally compelling.
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The trick to happiness in life is not to just careen from high school to college to grad school to career, but to take time in there to evaluate yourself and what you're doing. I think that's one of the main reasons why people who do study abroad always seem to come back with a renewed sense of purpose- they've stepped out of their "comfort zone" and it inspired them.
I've been out of college since May, and I haven't done a damn thing. For about two months, this bothered me to no end- I'm out of school, why don't I have a career yet? Why do I not want to do anything in particular? What's wrong with me?? However, after these two months passed I realized that I'm happy just floating along for a while- I don't have to get a job that I don't want, I don't have to do anything that I don't want. This time (May to now) is extremely important to my devlopment as a person as I have had time to recover from my schooling-induced burn out. I am now working on starting my own buisness, something I definitely would not have done if I had gotten a mediocre job straight out of college.
Now, I know that I am in a unique position- people need money and jobs provide that! However, there are a billion options for what to do out of college that don't involve getting a sucky job. Start with your college's career center and go from there- they helped me a lot when I wanted to get the ball rolling on doing something. As a result, I now have an intrinsic motiviation when it comes to getting a job, so I'm working on creating the perfect job for me!