The Transition

Shane Burrell | Editor 

Astrology says that when we reach 27-years-old we finally left childhood and have entered the world of adulthood.

Many cultures have these rituals and of course all ages will vary based on these rights of passage although, I don’t think that the struggle of the passage is any easier.

In American society, we acknowledge the passing from childhood into adulthood when most graduate college, we leave all the partying all the immaturity at the threshold and begin a new life of responsibility and accountability.

But how do we know that this is the life that we are ready for? How are we able to know that we are ready to place ourselves in a world that many experience as unforgiving?

I have no fucking idea…

I guess that there are somethings we are able to experience in life that we can always go to mom and dad about and even our closest friends can really help us with these issues however, most of the problems we face need to be dealt with on our own.

I mean really though, in an ever changing society and digital reality how are we suppose to keep with something that really has no grounds to stand on itself.

If I knew what advice to give I would probably be out there doing it instead of sitting here writing about how I have no clue in how to deal with those types of situations.

Its like throwing a little fish into shark infested waters and saying, “good luck.” I mean like shit right?!

I’m honestly not to sure how I can maneuver around this gray area of life, but I am sure that there are situations that life can place you in and are able to say no.

For example, when I was looking for a job after I just finished college I was able to get hired working for a clinic in their medical billing department, something I told the Revenue Manager that I was not a biller and knew nothing of medical billing. In which she told me she would teach me and give me advice.

I would later find out that she was full of shit. She left me high and dry and six month later I quit a job that literally was giving me heart palpitations.

Later in life I applied for another Medical billing position, since I gained some experience in that field and asked for a wage that would pay me according to the current economic system we are living in California and my education, which I later would understand that having a Bachelor’s doesn’t mean shit.

I’m still waiting to get paid at that rate.

Knowing your worth and knowing that you are a small fish surrounded by sharks is something that you should know at all times.

People in the real world that are actually cool, however knowing how you are able to navigate through all the bullshit is a survival tactic that could save you one day.

I don’t know what I can say about the childhood to adulthood transition except, that shit is hard and knowing how to get over,The Transition it is something I’m still learning and hoping that the place I can call home isn’t a cardboard box.