It hardly seems possible that 6 months ago I was walking across the stage to receive my diploma. Now, since the beginning of this month, I've been working as the education reporter for The Star and I've been enjoying the challenge of this new place in my life.
I remember everyone telling me when I graduated that now I was a part of "the real world," as if the world I had been in was simple, free, and not quite a part of reality.
In truth, the jump from student to job wasn't so dramatic or life-altering as people implied, simply because I was already in a fulltime job, already in the working world, already very much a part of reality long before I graduated.
Now I am in a job I enjoy, a job I worked towards for more than 4 years, and I like the challenge and the adventure of setting new goals to conquer. I am not afraid of the "real world" because I have already come face to face with it and am not naive about the reality of work and responsibility and restricted freedoms. Instead, I am embracing a job that allows me to be constantly challenged, that keeps me learning and very involved with life. I listen to the stories of people from all different backgrounds who have all different stories to tell, I learn about my adopted city in a new way, I discover the good and the bad, and I write about it.
I've decided I like the real world and the only thing I see are opportunities.
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