We’ve all had those moments where everything freezes. It’s a feeling of stuck: where the world keeps spinning round and round, almost too fast for us to comprehend and we’re left there wondering what to do next before we get left behind.
It’s a feeling that comes with a twinge of inferiority, something that makes us compare ourselves to the success and outward ease of others that we just don’t seem to have. But if it’s such a universal feeling, then why do we push ourselves to twist it so negatively?
This is a sense that will follow us in every aspect or period in our lives; it’s something that no one can help. No matter what, we’re always going to find an instant that will stop us in our tracks and make us wonder “what comes next?” So, how does that affect us in an educational setting?
Once again we circle round to graduation, to the prominent and weighing question of “what happens after high school?” Well… what happens when you just don’t know?
Of course, we definitely wouldn’t be the first few in a generation to not have a solid post-secondary plan. However, with the direction the world is going and how fast we’re evolving, we have a few more options than our predecessors. These paths, though, are not commonly trekked.
How can we be absolutely certain that we can create a stable lifestyle with a career plugged in? How do we live out our dreams and keep them alive? What do we do when we’re caught between this daunting tug-of-war?
We shouldn’t panic, we have our whole lives ahead of us, but we shouldn’t waste time doing something that won’t fulfill us. If we don’t know where to go next, or what to do, we’re left to work with what we have and not be so self-critical. We won’t be left behind, not unless we want to be. There’s no need for panic, there’ll always be some way through it.
Macy How is a grade 11 student at Brooks Secondary School.
