- I’m the youngest of three siblings — and the only Gen Zer.
- When I graduated this year, I faced the realities of job-hunting and adulthood.
- I learned lessons from observing my sisters and other millennials navigate their 20s.
After 16 years in the education system, my time as a student ended on a random Wednesday afternoon in April. I was finally free from lectures, tests, and group projects — but thrust into the realities of a scarier world: adulthood.
In this world, there were no set milestones to tell me I was on the right track. Everyone seemed to be on a path to something greater, but I felt directionless.
I know I’m not alone. Every 20-something has probably felt at least a little bit lost in life. But amid mass layoffs and the threat of AI replacing jobs, stepping into the job market as a fresh graduate in 2024 felt like diving head-first into an abyss.
An August report by an early careers…