So, you finished grad school. Now what?

  • Make an obligatory Facebook status post announcing the fact and update the work/school information on your profile.
  • Update your resume and LinkedIn and start applying for jobs.
  • Get a haircut, especially if it’s been six months since you last had one.
  • Have an intense argument on the phone with your mother about why you don’t want to move back home now that you have completed all your schooling. Make her cry (unintentionally). Hang up and realize that neither of your parents even said “congratulations.” Feel sad and guilty and angry and frustrated about the entire horrible, stressful situation. (Hence, the vague post last night.Thank you for your recommendations. I watched a little bit of Bob’s Burgers, but I was so upset that I ended up missing all the jokes and then just read blogs until I fell asleep instead).
  • Keep taking the 14-day course of Prilosec you had to start the morning of the day your final project was due because you got sudden onset incredibly painful heartburn the night before that and are still having twinges of it. (What is this? I grew up eating crazy spicy Indian food my whole life and have never experienced this before now!)
  • Start reading books for fun again. (I haven’t chosen anything yet).
  • Start wearing makeup with some regularity again.
  • Stop leaving the apartment dressed like a total slob to go spend a 13-hour day in the library.
  • Enjoy all the free time you have now that you’re left with one part time freelance job since your other job was through school and you no longer have it.
  • Be glad that you saved up a few months rent and try not to worry about the worst case scenario of not finding full-time employment for several months plus.
  • Obsessively check online to see if your grades have been posted because even though you know you didn’t fail anything, you still want all As.
  • Have a celebratory dinner. (We’re going to Miranda tonight).
  • Tell your Tumblr friends that you finished grad school by way of a totally tl;dr bulleted list.

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  1. murmurandshout said: Congratulations!
  2. blerg posted this
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