9 Pieces of Advice I Wish Someone Gave Me Before Graduating High School
Any of these would have been better than no advice
Graduating high school feels like it happened yesterday.
The immense relief upon hearing I passed my exams, partying at the graduation ceremony, and leaving the school premises for a final time, knowing I’d probably never set foot in that building again.
What was next? A 2-month vacation. After that, university. Because that’s what everyone does after graduating high school.
Whether that’s what you want? Or what you should be doing? That is irrelevant. And if you don’t yet know what you want to do next? Also irrelevant.
You just blindly follow the blueprint laid out by society, the one everyone expects you to follow.
I regret not doing batshit crazy things after graduating high school, such as:
- Buying a cheap car and road-tripping through Europe
- Going on several month-long language learning “vacations”
- Building out skills I was curious about
I wasn’t ready nor prepared.
For anything. When I shared my thoughts about what was next, every wish of mine was talked down upon. What was left…
