Wait! I don’t want the standard plan. I don’t believe that life suddenly begins in your early twenties and you have to create your future out of thin air. Believe it or not, life has been happening all along. This has been the real world, and I have been shaping the kind of woman that I will continue to be. More than ever, being a well rounded woman is vital to success in your career, and in your personal life. And can it possibly get any harder? Not only do we have to keep up appearances, staying in shape and sporting the latest retro fad, but we have to be on constant alert for new developments in our respective fields of expertise. There’s enough Twittering, Facebooking, and LinkedIn-ing going on to make my head spin.
So with all this chaos, I’m also supposed to secure a romantic future? I’m not sure that’s a top priority anymore. My mother was married at my age - I don’t want to follow in her all-too-young footsteps. The perfect balancing act between life and work may not exist after all, and perhaps it shouldn’t. What’s wrong with immersing yourself in your job in lieu of rushing home to take care of a family? Reflect on the kind of person you’ve always been and see how that person fits into the “real world”. You may want to toss that suburban rule book out the window.
