On Post-College

Don't avoid real life. It's not too shabby. 

You have to face it sometime. Just jump in. It'll suck, you'll have struggles. I did, most certainly. It's how you find out what you're made of, though. You realize you're doing the right profession, or the wrong profession. It helps you figure out what you want to do better than college because when you're facing back rent, student loan debt, or whatever, you begin to realize if you're making the right decision, or if you need to change your direction. It helps you prioritize what you want to do in life, whether it helps fuel your drive to succeed in your current pursuit or if it makes you decide to explore options. 

Then there's graduate school. Graduate school isn't for the faint of heart. Graduate school is designed for people who know what they want. If you do not know what you want, you should not go to graduate school. And unless you have experience working in a profession in the real world, I'm inclined to not be sure if you know what you want. It's, in a simplistic metaphor, like buying shoes that you're not sure if they fit. And graduate school is a really expensive pair of shoes. You certainly want to make sure they fit, especially knowing that graduate school WILL NOT guarantee you a job.

When you do get a job that's nice, you'll see that it is quite nice. There's nothing lovelier than spending your day earning money and having a social life afterwards, rather than going to classes and being in debt or poor to have a social life or working your ass off at a job.

My advice to graduating or upcoming graduating classes; 22 is a nice young age. Explore yourself. Explore your options. Don't settle down yet, but have enough self awareness to have direction or objectives. Don't be aimless in just working odd jobs.