Photo by Vasily Koloda on Unsplash

I am currently in my last year of university and something that always seems to occupy my mind nowadays is ‘What are you going to do after this?’

For me, studying for my degree has always been a safety net of some sorts for the last three years of my life. To clarify, what I mean as a safety net is that studying for a degree allowed me to just live my life to the fullest very well knowing that I had a purpose and that my life was going somewhere. Because I was getting my degree and being productive with my life. That was the justification.

However as I approach the end of my life in University now, a sudden anxiety has started to creep up on my mind. I find that on most of my time off, the only thing that’s going through my mind is ‘What’s next?’

‘What do I do with my degree?’

‘What if the last three years was a waste of my time?’

I find that this is such a personal issue to talk to people about and something that I’m personally not comfortable in doing so. So in order to feel a little bit better, I decided to scroll through many of the student forums out there in the hopes of finding that my fears are universal for all students. And you know what I found… largely it is. I found countless posts from anxious students finishing their degree fearing for what’s next and desperately seeking tips and advice to get ahead of the pack.

So I guess the point of this whole post is to just let everyone who’s a bit scared about life after University that your fears are likely shared by millions of similar student around the world and that its all justified. I found that its ok to be anxious, its ok to doubt yourself once in a while and that its ok feel a lost a bit.