Zoë Lance.

  • Post-Grad Adventures: First Day of College Advice

    My first day of college was exactly five years ago today — September 22, 2011. Zoe at 23 would probably be so annoyed with Zoe at 18: I had absolutely no idea of what the hell I was supposed to be doing, and figured that once I got to school that I would figure it…

  • Post-Grad Adventures: Zoë’s Secret to Post-Grad Success

    In comparison to a lot of people I know and work with, I’m basically an infant in the full-time working world. In just over a year, I’ve learned so much about who I am and what I want out of my career. I could be wrong, but I might already figured out the secret to post-grad success. And…

  • Post-Grad Adventures: Success and Patience

    One of the most significant life lessons I’ve learned post-graduation is to be patient with myself, especially when it comes to my career. I’ve always put immense pressure on myself to be successful. Throughout undergrad, my definition of “success” was working hard, earning great grades, being a good scholar and getting into a prestigious grad program that would lead…

  • Post-Grad Adventures: Thoughts on My First Post-Grad Job

    1. Although my first job out of college was neither a permanent position nor my dream gig, I still learned a lot about myself and how the world works. School was wonderful for me and I loved every moment, but it resides in a bubble that doesn’t entirely prepare you for the realities of the workforce. Throughout my six-month…

  • Post-Grad Adventures: The Freelancing Life

    In the last 10 years, the media landscape has changed so drastically that there’s no way I, at 13 years old, would have grasped what I was getting myself into in deciding that I wanted to be a journalist. In high school and college, I read about newspapers and magazines shrinking their staff numbers and ceasing…

  • Post-Grad Adventures: Thoughts of a Commuter

    For my entire life, I have lived in the same house in the same Southern California town of about 50,000 people. I can drive from one end of town to the other in about 10 minutes. Just about every local shopping center has a huge parking lot, and I don’t think there are any parking meters…

  • Post-Grad Adventures: Being An English Major

    A new series. Life after college is kind of weird. While you’re trying to figure yourself out and what you want, you’re also trying to figure the world out and your place in it. In the last six months, I’ve thought a lot about who I am as a person, what my strengths and weaknesses are…

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