Overcoming Underemployment

This episode is what I want every underemployed college graduate to know and is what I wish someone would have said to me when I realized this was going to be my reality for a while. What I want you to know: This isn’t your fault. No matter how you got here, it doesn’t change that this is where you are. You will be okay. The bad days don’t have to turn into bad weeks. Or months. Or years. It is of utmost important that you take care of yourself: physically, mentally, emotionally, and financially. Being underemployed sucks and I’ll always be the first one to admit that. I wouldn’t wish this experience on anyone, but now that you’re here, you have the opportunity to learn, grow, and expand yourself. Don’t just look at this time as a waste of your life and your potential. You still have a life and potential, no matter what happens. Choose to see this experience as a time of building your resilience, weathering rejection, becoming more gritty, and getting familiar with vulnerability. Don’t get too comfortable w