I was playing the popular Game of Life this past weekend, and as I chose my career from a stack of cards before spinning to advance to the get married square on the board, I couldn’t help but wish that real life could be just as easy. My classes end in exactly a month and I have a contract with VAC that will take me until the end of August. What then? I have no idea. My life has become one giant black hole.
For the past three years, since I started the co-op program anyway, I’ve never been able to tell where I’d be in four months… What job? Which city? Heck, which country? My life has always been one big question mark, so it seems. Whether I have known where I’ll be or not, it hasn’t been that bad up until this point. At least then I always knew I would eventually find something. I had to.
As graduation is staring me in the face I’m finding the stakes are higher. I’m on my own this time – cut off from the co-op job posting board and sign up sheets. They can’t hold my hand anymore. PWGSC, careerbeacon.com, workopolis, workingcanada.com, job bank, CPRS, IABC, the Chronicle Herald and Facebook group posts – this is what my life revolves around now. Every week, every day – the search continues. As I become more and more overwhelmed with my current predicament and worry about my lack of job progress, I can’t help but think the real “Game of Life” is rigged against me.
After four years straight of school and co-op, maybe I just need a vacation. Cocktails on a sandy beach are sounding mighty fine right now! Venezuela anyone?
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