post-grad wanderings.

yesterday i had a wonderful conversation over lunch with my friend robyn. not only was in great to catch up, but i quite enjoyed our discussion about post-graduate life and about my recent blog post about our someday culture. i love a good discussion. so alas, here are a few more musings for you on a similar topic...

us recent grads are in a funny place, especially those of us who hail from the likes of westmont college. many of us find ourselves freaking out about our current state in life and trying so desperately to be content in our wanderings. we want to be changing the world straight away and get our dream jobs "fresh out the oven." we secretly want to be successful and to be written about in various westmont publications. we feel this pressure to have all our ish together and to have our lives figured out.

this is silly of course. and unrealistic. we are young and need to ease up on ourselves and be content in our current state. i think we need to embrace that fact that we are in transition and don't have it all figured out. and shouldn't. trial and error is normal and natural. we can't expect our dream job to be right around the corner. we don't have to. we can risk. we can be adventurous. we can do things we've always wanted to do. even if it's just for a season, as least we're living and dreaming and learning along the way.

i sense that many of us have an overwhelming desire to be content and to enjoy the present. but we don't know how. we are too gripped by the tyranny of urgency, practicality and fear. and of course, like i said in my "someday" post, this doesn't mean we get all crazy and wild with our decisions. but i do think we need to begin to change our mindsets and allow ourselves to risk a little bit. if you wanna start your photography business, do it. if you want to move to mexico and teach english, teach. if you wanna travel through europe before you settle into a job, travel. if you wanna go to africa just to go to africa and see what it's all about, go. if you want to learn how to make leather shoes, learn.

i think there is great potential here to learn and be challenged, to grow and fine-tune ourselves, and to become more of who we're called to be. does anyone else resonate with this? i would love to have ourselves a cyber-discussion if y'all are willing. feel free to post some thoughts below...