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Freshman Year of Life
Freshman Year of Life: Essays That Tell the Truth About Work, Home, and Love After College | MindSumo
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How do you get a fulfilling job after college? What if you're still living with your parents? What's it like navigating hook-ups, dating, and new friendships outside campus life? Millions of books, blog posts, personal essays, and advice columns are written about college, but what about after college? Those first few years of finding your footing in the real world are filled with transitional crises and fraught introspection. Youre a freshman all over again. The thirty-eight stories in Freshman Year of Life tell the truth about life beyond college graduation from the voices of people a few years out. Some of their experiences are funny, some heartwarming; some are about their successes, and others reflect their failures. There are stories about going from a committed college relationship to casual dating in an unfamiliar city, navigating a toxic work environment, learning how to stay patient in a part of your life that isnt defined by semesters and finals, and tackling the task of making new friends, something you may not have had to do since college orientation. The stories in Freshman Year of Life are just the beginning. There are a multitude of different experiences out there, and one of them will be your own. Its not the end of the conversation; its the start. Find out how these writers survived their freshman year of life: Aaron Gilbreath Aileen Garcia Alana Massey Alexandra Molotkow Alison Gilbert Ashley Ford Bijan Stephen Cameron Summers Carvell Wallace Chloe Angyal Emily Gould Eric Anthony Glover Gala Mukomolova Jamie Lauren Keiles Jason Diamond Jenny Zhang Justin Warner Kevin Nguyen Kristin Russo Lane Moore Laura Willcox Lauren Wachenfeld Lincoln Blades Lori Adelman Mara Wilson Mira Gonzalez Molly Soda Myisha Battle Nia King Nisha Bhat Paulette Perhach Sam Zabell Sarah Mirk Scaachi Koul Shannon Keating Skylar Kergil Whitney Mixter This book came about through a collaboration with MindSumo.com, an online forum that reaches out to college students to solve business, tech, and design challenges. We asked MindSumos community of students what book they wanted most upon graduating, and this is it.
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HeidiReads
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Mehso-so

Some of the #essays were quite helpful and informative, like Domesticity 101 for example. But most of them read like the same person wrote them all, lacked ending or purpose, and were just generally hard to relate to. Some of the advice was like: don't recklessly spend all your money (duh) or don't become a wreck if you don't land your dream job at 22 (obviously). A few writers had been too lazy/entitled to pursue ANY job after #college. :/

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sisilia
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I found this book while exploring National Library‘s ebook catalogue. This would be a nice gift for new graduates. An easy read for the young ones; just a few reminders for the older group.

Reggie I enjoyed your quotes from this. The one earlier about intimate friends who take crying calls. There were some good memories that came out of that post. Thank you. 7y
haanim This book seems lovely. I liked the quotes :) 7y
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sisilia
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A reminder to self: on facing the fear of the unknown 😰

minkyb Love this! Just texted it to my daughters! 7y
sisilia @minkyb 👍🏻😊I‘ll send you separately on an article that I think relevant 7y
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sisilia
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Peripheral friends I have many, intimate friends not so. An introvert‘s problem, maybe? I don‘t let someone be an intimate friend easily

dariazeoli The older I get, the fewer I have. 7y
sisilia @dariazeoli True that! 7y
haanim Same! I think as you get older your intimate circle gets smaller and you become more selective? I have exactly 2 intimate friends and many more peripherals. 7y
HeidiReads Aww, what? I feel like if a friend took me to lunch and let me crash on their couch they'd be a really great friend! Reading this book now and it's got other strange advice I dont totally agree with. 5y
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sisilia
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Trying to convince myself to get out of my comfort zone 🤞

LauraBrook Me too. It‘s scarier than it should be. 7y
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