
“What do you want to be when you grow up?”
“What do you want to be when you grow up?” used to be my favourite question, the possibilities were endless: astronaut, singer, cowboy. But now it’s “what are you going to do after graduation?”, a question all graduates dread. This is usually accompanied by a mild sense of panic and long stream of internal questions such as “What am I going to do with my life?” and “How am I an adult already?”. In reality, all we do is put on a fake smile and reply something generic such as “I’m not quite sure yet” while we go back to…