Six months have passed since we donned our caps and gowns and
made our ways, slowly... painfully slowly... I mean, seriously, I have never
concentrated on walking so much in my entire life... down the Cathedral to
collect a piece of paper. No idea where
that piece of paper is by the way.
The Chronicler’s have been separated by cruel, cruel
adulthood, and now – scattered around the country, or at least the south coast,
and far, far up north in Solihull – we are embarking on LIFE…
If you’re anything like me, this is what you can expect…
1) Radio 1 starts to get too much, so you switch
over to Radio 3, where you catch the 18th Century Season and you
drive home calm, daydreaming of Mr Darcy and balls. As in, nice, fancy, formal dance balls. Not Miley Cyrus’ wrecking balls, Ed Balls or
hairy balls.
2) You opt for
a sensible coat. A nice, warm, puffy
coat. A coat with a hood, multiple zips
and the option to popper it over your face. There is nothing fashionable about this coat and you just won’t care.
3) You go to
bed early, ideally at around 9 pm. The
days that you could come home at three in the morning with your wobbly boots on
and still make it to a 9 am lecture become a distant memory.
4) Little things
will start to really annoy you and you won’t care who knows it. For example, when the postman used to
deliver the neighbours' post by accident, I used to take it round to the correct
house, like a friendly volunteer. Now, I run around the neighbourhood until I
find the postman’s van and I stand next to it until he reappears, handing him
the letters: 'You delivered these to the
wrong house.'
5) You have a
saving plan, and you actually save. This might even involve a spreadsheet, with the formulae you learnt and
said you’d never use. On that note, Student Finance England start sending you letters
about money you owe THEM, not money they’re going to give YOU.
Harriet Baker, BA (Hons)
6) You start eating properly cooked meals again, either because you are back home with parents who are cooking for you or because you realise that health is important and that baked beans out of a tin is just...no. A such your grocery shopping actually contains fresh fruit and veg, and uncooked meat instead of copious amounts of alcohol and microwave meals.
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7) You find it really hard to find paid work because you're either a) overqualified or b) lacking experience (because as we all know you can't get a job until you've had a job). So you volunteer for months. The government is proud because so many young people volunteer because that shows the Big Society is working. In reality, so many young people volunteer because no-one will give them money to do the same kind of jobs they're being forced to do for free.
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