I got a phone call this afternoon offering me an interview for a position at a marketing company in Manhattan.  But once I explained I am still in college, I was told to get in contact with them once I graduate.

This is the first call I’ve received that actually gave me hope, even though nothing ended up coming from it.  Because now, I have a new sense of resolve in the fact that just because I have sent in what feels like hundreds of applications doesn’t mean I’m not getting a job– it just means that the timing is wrong.

In a little over a month’s time, I won’t have a commitment to Pittsburgh anymore.  I’ll be able to fly to New York in a day’s notice and take a job interview.  This has given me so much faith, something I had been running thin on.

When something as amazing as college ends, it’s easy to get caught up in all the things you think you’re losing- your best friends are all going to their respective new cities, new jobs, new schools, and it’s even more difficult when you have no idea what you’re doing.  I know it’s a cliche at this point, but there is a reason why they call graduation “commencement.”  Though college and all the experiences we have had at Duquesne are coming to an end, this is really just the beginning.  There are going to be interviews and job acceptances and rejections.  There are going to be huge relocations and life changing decisions that we’re all going to have to make.  But even the things that don’t work out can be positive if you consider them the right way.

Yes, I didn’t get to interview for this job because of distance and numerous other factors.  But I did learn several things– that one day I might be getting a phone call from New York that will lead me to that city for real, and though it will be the end of my chapter in Pittsburgh, a newer, brighter chapter will be opening up in front of me.

Seniors, there are 43 days left until graduation.  Make them count.