It wasn’t like the question was unexpected; I saw it coming from a mile away. I wondered if it would be my father or mother who would make the first attempt, but it really didn’t matter who verbalized it, it had to be asked. Rather than wait for the rest of the awkward silence to fill up the already quiet dining room table, I decided I would be the first to speak. “No. I haven’t decided what kind of job I want to pursue.”
I could visualize the thoughts that were running in circles through my mother’s mind. Benefits, bills, possibilities, disappointment, future happiness, dissatisfaction. How could I have gone through almost four and a half years of college and still not know where my Communications degree would lead me? The creases in her forehead calmed, and her attempt at a smile brought some comfort. “It’s time to decide.”
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“If you could pick any job in the whole world, what would it be?” The question made my body freeze, and all the sudden I was unable to move. What kind of job would I get? Where did the time I had to decide that go?
“I don’t know.” I said simply. And those were the last words that came out of my mouth. They tried to pull in ideas: work for a magazine, write for a newspaper, go into publishing, I just politely shook my head no. Nothing really triggered any feeling of confidence. The job descriptions seemed so broad, yet so constricted.
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