Hello world. I'm a post-grad. Help?

Ever since I graduated college a few months ago, I’ve been hit with this reality of the post-grad life. It’s not all it’s cracked up to be, but in some ways it is such a grand adventure.

Four years seems like a long enough period of time to figure out what you’d like to do with your time, talents, and passions…right? I thought so. Now that I’m on the tail end of that four years, I’m still asking myself what my time should be devoted to, what my talents are, and which things I am most passionate about.

A little background info about me. I am a bit of a perfectionist. I am SUCH a people pleaser it’s insane - and I HATE conflict more than most other things in the world. Really. Education was always something that I excelled at - and for the greater part of the 16 years I’ve been a student I have enjoyed it too. I strive to be good at everything. And that my friends, is where I think I got it all wrong.

See…here’s the thing. Now that I am out of college and was able to find a job by the grace of God, I realize that I have NO CLUE what my “dream job” would be. There are too many little things that I would like to do, but no clear and concise idea of what would continue to bring me joy even as a career. The places that I see myself aren’t exactly conventional jobs, at all. I never focused on being extremely great at one thing, but rather chose to find dozens of areas where I could be good at what I did. Now as I look for what I should do, my first question is: Where do I even begin?

Anyways…while I’m here rambling about life, I’ve realized some of my passions have faded over the years due to a lack of spark or time to cultivate them. There are also new skills that I’d like to learn that might, in turn, help to re-spark those passions. One of them used to be writing. In high school that passion of mine slowly faded. College helped to remind me that I was a decent (on occasion, “exceptional”) writer, but the joy of it didn’t come from writing term papers and research reports. What brought me here? I wanted to write again. No agenda. No grade. No rules.

Recently a friend inspired me to challenge myself to write – so here I sit at my computer screen ready to take up her vision in my own way.
23 posts.
32 days.
Here is where I intend to see if the spark will live again. 

Stick around if you wish.