15 Struggles All Fresh Graduates Know Too Damn Well

Nothing is worse than realizing it's time to get a job.

1. You want to take a gap year traveling abroad, but you have no money for that.

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Many of us want to take some time off from all the stress and pressure and go explore the world before we start working.

But the problem is we don't have enough budget to support the trip, and that fact tears us into pieces.

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Your wanderlust feels are crushed.

2. You don't even know what you want to do with your life.

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Some people are lucky because they were born with talent, and many people know exactly what they want to do and who they want to be when they leave college.

But you're just not one of them.

3. Literally everyone you know asks you what you're gonna do for a living, like five times a day.

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And you either give the genuine answer:

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Or this:

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Anyway, you're just fed up with it.

4. Once you've figured out what your dream job is, you find out that it requires EXPERIENCE.

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The struggle is too real.

5. And when you never get a single reply after sending a ton of e-mails and applications to those companies asking for a job, you kinda feel like:

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And after two months of unemployment, you feel like you're on the verge of a mental breakdown.

6. Suddenly you realize it's time to repay the student loans.

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You never realize you're in debt until it's time to pay it back. Now you don't just need a job, but you need a job that pays you well.

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And reality just hits you hard, on repeat.

7. High-paying jobs are like unicorns. You believe they exist but you're never gonna find one.

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High-paying jobs are the reason why you chose to go to college in the first place, right? So after all the struggles, hard work and the crazy amount of money you/your parents spent on this college thing, you go like:

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But in reality, nobody's ever gonna pay that 'crazy amount of money' for a fresh graduate like you. And you feel like your dream is destroyed.

8. You have to move back home with your parents for a while, even though you don't want to.

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Paying rent and all the bills is impossible when you're unemployed. Life forces you to say auf wiedersehen to your freedom and move back in with your family for a while, until somebody decides to give you a job.

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We totally understand you, George. But we don't want to be like you.

9. You have to accept that you and some of your close college friends will drift apart.

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Some say that college friends are friends for life, but that is not necessarily true.

We all have different ambitions and dreams, and choosing different paths of life is part of growing as an adult. You've experienced this before when you left high school, and it's time you have to experience it again after college.

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And you kinda feel like this when you have to say goodbye to your beloved friends after graduation:

10. You start to question your dream when all of your college friends are moving forward with their lives.

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Is it an impossible dream or am I not trying hard enough?

And you feel stuck.

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And it also makes you feel kinda depressed.

11. You miss college life, frat parties and being irresponsible.

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We all know life in college is one hell of an experience and you don't have to think much about being a responsible adult.

For all the graduates, everything was much easier back in college. Now you have to think about surviving this cruel world without depending on your parents. And it makes you miss the good old days so damn much.

12. You finally get a job, but you're kinda not ready for it.

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You've been spending a few months at home with your parents, binge-watching Netflix shows while waiting to get hired by one of those big companies in the city.

Now you got the job, but you want to continue procrastinating a few weeks more.

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Let's face it, you get too comfortable with the unemployed graduate lifestyle.

13. It's your first day of work, and anxiety hits you hard.

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You're basically new to the working life and you feel a lot of pressure as a first-jobber.

You don't know what to do or where to begin. You worry about failing your boss's assignment and it gives you real anxiety.

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You just gotta keep calm...

14. When your first month's salary arrives, you realize you are now fully responsible for your expenses.

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Yep. It's time to be a responsible adult. Your parents are not going to help you anymore with your rent, bills and your late night pizza meals.

Responsibility is chasing you down.

15. You realize that being an adult is not just about getting a decent job or having a glamorous dream. But it's about getting your SH*T together.

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People keep telling you:

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You know too well how to do that, but you're like:

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But that is real life outside college and all you can do is to accept it.

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Don't give up yet.

Life lessons will teach you how to slay like a boss.

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The most important thing you must do to get through all these struggles is very simple: BELIEVE IN YOURSELF.

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And don't you ever forget that.