Hey, whats wrong with enjoying life?
Deciding what to do after I finished studying was an emotional, challenging and rushed process for me and for many others in my situation. The array of options is simultaneously dazzling and daunting and I ended up jumping into a nine-to-five job without really considering whether this was the right option for me at this stage of my life. The problem in my case is that I did too much too soon. Buying a house and rushing into a full-time job are both examples of steps in the so-called “right direction”, a direction that isn’t necessarily right for everyone at my age. There is pressure placed on tertiary students to make some serious, life-changing decisions in the last months of their degrees and there is considerable encouragement to go straight into a full-time “career job” as soon as a course finishes. After the relative freedom of university, graduates are encouraged to settle quickly, build their careers and start thinking about previously alien concepts, such as superannuation and
