While the holidays are great times where families get together, it is also the time where families get together, meaning, the time where everyone wants to meddle into your business. Are you dating, when are you getting married, how is school, what are you studying again, is there any money in that, I don’t think you should, and any and every other question family will bring themselves to ask.
Now, I don’t want to beat a dead horse and say what has been said many times before. I think that there are enough podcasts, books, social media posts that tell you how to deal with your family when they ask about the relationship questions, so I don’t want to discuss that. What I want to talk about is, what happens when your career choice is the topic of concern, or maybe the accolades of another family member is the topic of concern and you are starting to feel jealous? How do we answer the “how is school” question, when you don’t even know why you’re there, maybe because your program is taking a little longer than usual, or maybe because you simply don’t know what you want to do or feel as though there is no career that fits what you want to do? What happens even when you’ve crossed the stage, received your diploma and are still feeling career resentment because you’re not fulfilled? Lastly, how could our families have educated us better about college and degrees, and what do we tell the families we will create in the future about college?
