School is just the beginning; your real life starts afterwards.
Time to read: 4-5 min
When I was in school, my final exams seemed so significant. I thought they would be incredibly hard to pass and so on. When the time arrived, I felt dull because this was the end of a lifestyle for me, a lifestyle I had lived for 13 years. Here I am now, months after my graduation, and I feel like it wasn’t that big at all. The drama about the final exams and graduation was just a small step in my life. It’s nothing compared to what awaits me out there.
I’m currently working at Roche as a vacation worker for 6 weeks. During the first week, I had to get up at 5 am because work started at 6 am and ended at 3 pm. Now, I have to work from 1 pm to 10 pm, and I’ve learned so much in this one week that I wonder what I missed in school. This week taught me a lot about discipline, making money, humility, and the reality that the world isn’t always sunny.
School is just sitting on your ass and listening to some boring teachers who are still in the same mental environment as when they were students themselves. Not every teacher was like that, I have to admit. Nevertheless, I still have a point here. I don’t know if I want to enjoy myself and go on vacation afterward. Work is exhausting for my mind and sometimes for my body too. It’s the same task all day, and somehow I like it. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t like the work that much; I like the feeling of being tired and exhausted afterward. It feels good because I know I have worked hard for my money. I look for more work because I want to test my limits. I’m always seeking tasks because I hate wasting time. Now I realize how easy school was compared to real life. There are people who have been doing this job for over 20 years.
Today, I stared at the clock around 8 pm. I thought about going home, but I had nearly 2 hours of work left. The boring feeling of wasting two school lessons' worth of time during art class is nothing compared to real work.
I’m looking forward to studying and working hard to achieve my dreams. Now that I know what work can be like, I know what I don’t want to do later in my life. I’m grateful for what I’m currently learning, and I will grow a lot in these 5 years after graduation. At least, that’s my plan.
This blog was a bit random, rooted in its spontaneous origin. I felt like writing, so I did. It was better than watching TV at midnight. I will keep my blogs this way. I write when I truly feel like it. If I write every day, all the better. If I don’t write for one or two weeks, it means I didn’t have the time or the passion to do so.
Change your life after graduation. A lot changes. The majority of people you saw as friends are really just acquaintances, and most of what we learned in school was useless for our later life and will never be used again. What remains are the memories and experiences you have gained. Don’t be scared; be excited, be courageous, be disciplined, be open-minded, and most importantly, stay true to yourself.
