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”It’s 6AM, I just said goodbye to I. and I’m ugly crying at Toronto Pearson airport. Airport is the perfect place to publicly cry. A mom asked me if I was okay and I haven’t felt this not-okay in a long time. I wonder how much of what we want is at odds with what the world tells us to want. Because on my way to leave for a job I’ve wanted since I was 16, I want to do nothing but stay. How do we measure intangible things like love, and closeness, against things that our institutions value, a six-figure salary, a tech office with a Willy Wonka factory supply of snacks?” I’d be amiss to not admit the immense privilege of having tried half a dozen jobs before I graduate in a handful of different cities. In so many ways, this is exactly where high-school-Grace planned to be but there is, however, a few things I wish I knew then. 1. You’re never not recruiting ( Job hunting teaches you a lot about yourself) The job that you want for your first coop is either unrealistic or boring. You either

”It’s 6AM, I just said goodbye to I. and I’m ugly crying at Toronto Pearson airport. Airport is the perfect place to publicly cry. A mom asked me if I was okay and I haven’t felt this not-okay in a long time. I wonder how much of what we want is at odds with what the world tells us to want. Because on my way to leave for a job I’ve wanted since I was 16, I want to do nothing but stay. How do we measure intangible things like love, and closeness, against things that our institutions value, a six-figure salary, a tech office with a Willy Wonka factory supply of snacks?” I’d be amiss to not admit