Thinking about how things will be like post-grad scares the living daylight out of me. This is the first time in my life that I have absolutely no clue where I’ll be a year from now. With no safety net from the next school year rolling around and my peers slowly starting to secure their full-time jobs it’s difficult to not feel impatient. Impatient that the path for what comes next hasn’t opened up yet, and impatience in holding out for the career in fashion that I’ve dreamed of for years in the face of ambiguity for how to even get there. In perfect timing as always, a much-needed reminder from Jenna Zoe’s app helped reframe post-grad advice in a way that I’ve never thought of, and hope that it will serve as a point of solace to anyone also anxious about what the future will look like out of college.

“Reminder: You don’t have to have it all planned out for good things to happen to you.

You just have to look for the next thing to do, and do that. And then rinse and repeat.

The reason this is powerful is because you are all of a sudden playing an active role in your destiny, which sends the signal to the Universe that you care about going somewhere, which then gives it permission to swoop in and help you get there.

It’s just waiting for its cue from you.”

Just because I may not know where I’ll be a year from now doesn’t also mean that it can’t have the potential to contain some of the best memories of my life. This time of uncertainty is an opportunity to create a life on my own terms from the blank canvas it presents if I allow it to take that form. It takes courage to hold out hope for a reality that doesn’t yet exist, so don’t forget to remember how far you’ve come even when it feels like there’s so much longer to go.

💘 Hanna