WHAT SHOULD I DO, WHEN I FINISH SCHOOL.

WHAT SHOULD I DO, WHEN I FINISH SCHOOL.

Hey, guess what? You’ve finished school. Congrats dude!

But, since you’ve finish what happens next? Usually, it’s a study something,  get an apprenticeship or an entry-level job, but if you can’t stand the thought of getting your suit pressed, here are a few other options.

Take a year off. Most people go straight from high school to university and now, there’s finally an opportunity to blow off everything, avoid commitments and take a nontraditional route to “real life.”

Do nothing, catch up on Game of Thrones, go off grid, avoid responsibility, and most importantly, don’t worry about how you’ll explain it later if you do decide to go back to school or get a job.

Closely related to the “take a year off” school of thought is the “I’m still basically in uni” school of thought. Maybe you realised that final class was actually pretty hard and you studied your holidays away or never got the chance to go abroad.

A lot of people finish school dreaming of freedom and independence, but most of us get thrown for a loop when our university of choice expects us to actually enrol in classes.

So, make your bucket list and check off all of those things — infamous parties, service opportunities and cool hangouts — while you still look like you’re 19.

If you did live it up and still managed to stumble across that graduation stage, maybe a breather is in order. Go ahead and reminisce about the good old days.

Once you’ve had some time for yourself, you’ll realise this may be the first time ever that you’ve had the chance to find yourself. Usually it’s only retirees that get to have hobbies and interests, you will never have a time in your life again where you have so much time.

Use it!

Find some hobbies — some real ones that you actually enjoy.

The world could use a couple more hikers, comedians, ventriloquists, beekeepers, stamp collectors, crafters or people who are just generally doing what they want.

Learn something without getting a grade, without the promise of a extra mark.

This is also a great time to fail at something and to fail big. You’ll never be as free to do something crazy as you are right now; you’re already broke and clueless.

If failing isn’t something for which you can strive, you can live your fantasy. Who hasn’t wanted to be the cool bartender, guitarist at the local coffee shop, scuba diver or micro beer connoisseur?

This is the moment. Maybe being a personal trainer and nail artist isn’t just a weird pipe dream.

Help the children, endangered species, trees, families, students or any other group you will learn to love, or start your own.

Most of us, no matter if we get a job, move home or to a whole new place will have to do one thing: learn how to be a local. For years, you have been those annoying kids who have ruined the town with a penchant for drinking games and debauchery. Now you have to fit in, don’t be afraid to say hi.

Even if you just go back to your childhood bedroom, things have probably changed since you left initially. Go and find the cool hangouts, meet the weird people who live in your town and figure out what adult extracurricular activities mean, like what the rotary club actually does.

Be the one who moves to: Paris, London, New York, LA.