Everything you've done until this moment has defined beginnings and endings. Even when you can barely stand to sit in class another day, you can always tell yo

Everything you've done until this moment has defined beginnings and endings. Even when you can barely stand to sit in class another day, you can always tell yourself that it'll all be over in a year or two years or whatever. Once you start working, you're expected to do that for the rest of your life. So don't be too eager to jump into a career as soon as you can. Also, you can only desire based on what you know. Most people graduate from school having gone through one giant funnel that took them to that point, so the direction you're facing now might be more a reflection of that framework than yourself. Take some time to step outside traditionally supported structures and do something completely different. Hitchhike to Alaska, start a band and go on tour, ride a bicycle as far as you can, start a traveling puppet show. Do whatever — but make it really uncomfortable, and make it count. My canonical advice: http://www.thoughtcrime.org/blog/career-advice/ http://www.thoughtcrime.org/blog/career-advice/