{"id":13370,"date":"2018-02-23T20:36:02","date_gmt":"2018-02-24T01:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=13370"},"modified":"2020-09-15T11:43:26","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T15:43:26","slug":"life-full-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/life-full-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Life Is Full Of Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_13371\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13371\" style=\"width: 526px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-13371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Parents-760x1024.png\" alt=\"Life illustration by Alessandra Pacheco.\" width=\"526\" height=\"792\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13371\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ALESSANDRA PACHECO\/ THE REPORTER<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not long ago, I was asking myself what on earth I was going to do with the rest of my life. It seemed as though everyone within a five-mile radius had their life together. They all had families, careers and their own homes, while I was lucky if I survived an entire day of work without wanting to jump out of the window and run away. I never understood what was so exciting about inputting data for eight hours a day. Why was everyone so excited to grow up?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your early twenties are truly the best time to get to know yourself because everything is so new and exciting. However, there are many things your parents don\u2019t prepare you for. One minute you\u2019re buying drinks on a Tuesday night or deciding what classes to take next semester, and, before you know it, you\u2019re paying the water bill, rent and groceries while sitting behind a desk answering emails all day to people who are 100% convinced you have no clue how to do your job. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You\u2019re asking yourself, \u201cIs this what my parents really wanted for me?\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most common concern while growing up is what will you do with the rest of your life? When are you graduating? What are your career goals?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s overwhelming when you don\u2019t have the answers. There are so many doubts about the decisions you make as a young adult, but you soon learn to trust your instincts and work hard everyday, hoping and praying for the best and repeat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a newlywed with a stable job who is approaching 30, the questions are no longer the same. Instead, it is one question: when are you having kids? <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I am not entirely sure how this shift happened\u2014 it almost seems like it happened overnight. People are no longer interested in your career goals or your aspirations. It\u2019s a common belief that newlyweds are no longer stressing over career and life decisions and the pressure is on starting a family. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My story is similar to most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdc.edu\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Miami Dade College<\/span><\/a> students. My grandparents migrated to the United States in hopes of creating a better future for their family. Growing up I had an abundance of cousins, birthday parties, houses to visit for the holidays and extravagant quinceaneras\u2014 the whole nine yards. You name it, we did it. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, in my family, the aunts and uncles had children before turning 30. Now, none of us \u2018kids\u2019 have had kids. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is no perfect guide to life. The idea that everything in life has to be experienced at specific times is complete nonsense. Our parents have taught us to trust our instincts, to be patient \u00a0and to take risks. Be excited about growing up because all the questions you don\u2019t have the answers to or think you have the answers to will eventually find their way to you.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not long ago, I was asking myself what on earth I was going to do with the rest of my life. It seemed as though everyone within a five-mile radius had their life together. 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