22 Feelings You Have During Your Post-Grad Unemployment Struggle

Hey young #twentysomething, ever wonder, "I have a freaking Bachelor's Degree, employers should be all up on me by now and I should be doing adult things now!" You probably have learned now that you aren't a special snowflake, but one of the other 3,000 grads trying to get that entry-level job at some big name corporation you can name drop when you talk to family and friends. Here are some of the feelings you'll experience during our post-grad struggle.

1. It's graduation day!

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Four years and thousands of dollars later, you have officially graduated from college! It is probably the biggest achievement of your life and it doesn't get better this.

2. You're on top of the world!

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You've just graduated freaking college! How many people do that? Not many. You can do anything you want now, right? All of your goals are within your reach now, right?

3. After the ceremony and your "Grad High" comes crashing down.

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Wait a minute, I've spent the last four years of my life in a small college town with the same 10 to 15 friends, what the hell am I going to do now? I actually have to think about my student loans, make an effort to hangout with my friends, and do other "adult" things.

4. I have to move back home?!? NOOOOO!!

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With no job in sight and you finally giving up on your dreams of living in your college apartment for another year, it seems like your worst-case scenario is happening, moving back home with Mom and Dad.

5. Sleep forever and ever...until your parents get sick of it

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With no jobs, no homework, or any other important duties on the near horizon, you sleep in ALOT. Let's be honest, sleeping in until 11am is cool for the first few weeks, but it would be nice to actually get a proper breakfast and not "brunch".

6. Where are all of my friends? :(

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With all of your college friends going their separate ways and you not talking to anyone from high school for like three years, your time back home is going to be pretty lonely.

7. Wait a minute, Netflix is my new "bae" at home.

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With a lot of free time now, enjoy binge watching *all* of the shows.

8. No one ever told me getting a job would be this damn hard!

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...actually they did, for like four years. Who would have thought being a liberal arts major wouldn't just open doors for cool entry-level jobs? Plus what were all of those working for free...ah...I mean internships for?

9. You tweak your résumé like a boss...

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...and for some reason, a boss still won't hire you. Don't worry though, it's only one month out of graduating, all of your friends are in the same boat, for now.

10. LinkedIn actually becomes something you use.

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Instead of deleting the random LinkedIn emails saying your uncle got a random promotion (congrats Uncle Tim!), you "network" and "recommend" with people you halfway know, hoping some nice recruiter sweeps you off your feet and gives you a job.

11. Fun things? That involves money, and you don't have any of that.

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So no job, living at home, and you want to go out? Haha, you funny bro. Sorry #twentysomething, you are too old to ask your parents for money and maybe you should saved your college work-study money instead of blowing it on Taco Tuesdays. Enjoy free things until that first paycheck comes.

12. Exercising, that is a thing, yes. Do you do it, meh?

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After graduating, you don't have the luxury of free gym access, and you sure aren't going to spend real money on a gym membership. So start counting Nintendo Wil, walking around the mall, and stressful conversations with others as calorie burning exercises.

13. Wikipedia sinkholes are becoming way too common in your life now.

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Instead of writing another cover letter or reading a book...you spent two hours getting sucked into reading about the history of ESPN or early 1990s television rights for sporting events. All you wanted to know was who was in the 1995 World Series, and now you're reading about the MLB on NBC (which hasn't existed since 2000, FYI), damn. You probably need a more productive hobby soon.

14. Why the hell do you feel so damn old?!?!

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That's normal. Oddly, most of your old high school friends are married with kids on the way, so you feel behind in that field. But when you go to the mall or movies, everyone there is 17 or younger and is being dropped off by their mom. A 22 year old in a suburban area is a rare sight, sorta like being the wild savage in Brave New World.

15. Social Media is making you question your life.

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While you watch reruns of Seinfeld, it seems like all of your "friends" on Instagram/Facebook/Twitter/Snapchat have all of the coolest lives ever. Post-grad euro trips, road trips back home, fun young city life, Vegas, etc. Remember. their lives suck as much as yours, they are just better at using social media to hide the sucky parts.

16. You want to punch family members that always ask, what are your "plans"?

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Honest Answer: Well, I was just trying to pass my last GE class to get my damn degree this past spring, so I didn't think about my post-grad life while in school, shocker. I sure as hell don't know what I'm going to do. I guess get a job semi-related to my major and move out of my parents house as soon as possible, so I can be a f-ing adult. Also, leave me alone, I don't want to answer this awful and depressing question any more. I need some ice cream to eat while I cry my sorrows away.

Answer You Give: Just researching career opportunities, have some good leads right now.

17. Your hate for your hometown and the suburbs grows stronger everyday!

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You spent four years "growing" and "exploring" the world around you in college...only to come back to suburban life, damn it! Now you're stuck in the land of Targets, soccer moms, strip malls, and crappy public transit options. The only political conversations exists are old 40s and 50s WASPs that watch too much Fox News, and anything too trendy is labeled "hipster". You consistently remind yourself that you haven't "settled" yet, unlike the rest of your suburban neighbors. You will eventually move to a land full of fellow #twentysomethings that avoid paying their student loans.

18. HIRE ME, PRETTY PLEASE!!

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You've applied for hundreds of different places, and you are lucky to get a screening interview over the phone. Your resume has been triple-checked, cover letter is perfected, and references are good to go. However, you're getting overlooked as a candidate, because there are overqualified 30 year olds and grad students alway applying for the same entry-level jobs you want. Our economy still hasn't really recovered, has it?

19. You start questioning everything about your life.

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Maybe I should have been a Computer Science major, I would have gotten a job with Google or Facebook by now, making beaucoup money. Maybe I should have gotten better at sports when I was younger, I could have played professional sports and gotten drafted to some million dollar contract. Should I even get out of bed today?

20. People you know are getting hired before you or getting ready for grad school.

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A LinkedIn post here, a status update asking for help looking for an apartment there, to an Instagram post showcasing their new desk at work, the questioning of yourself only gets worse. While a good number of your friends are talking that "adult life", you are still using your mom's club card while you run errands for her. "What the F, man" is a common question you ask yourself. Nevertheless, you always hide those feelings, trying to make sure you don't ever seem jealous, and just keep looking for your own future gig.

21. A sense of post-grad depression comes about.

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Friends are getting jobs. Parents are asking why don't have one. People you know are getting engaged. Parents are asking why you are still single. You finished binge watching Braking Bad, OITNB, and Mad Men. Parents are asking why you are using their Netflix account instead of paying for your own. Somedays, you don't want to even get out of bed, because it's not like anything is going on in your life right now.

Can you get like like a post-grad Prozac or something?

22. But in the end, you know it will get better.

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You will eventually find a job, or get into a grad school program. Your Tinder matches will eventually work out...or maybe you just talk to hottie IRL. You get to to live out your dream of pretending you are a character in Girls and live in a nice urban area with people your own age (and just as poor as you). You go to classy adult parties with your classy adult friends. In addition, you can stop thinking about the glory days of college, but the future glory days you will have in your everyday life.

Just remember, you'll eventually have to pay your own phone, internet, power, water bills. And buy your own food. And pay rent. And pay back those student loans that 18 year old you signed. Getting out of the house and doing something after college is only one step in our "journey to adulthood", but that's another Buzzfeed list for another day.

P.S. You don't even get started on thinking about your thirties, you sorta still believe you'll be like 24 forever.