Published 20th September 2020 by The Indiependent
Love Letters To My 20s: A Fortnightly Column On The Stigma Surrounding Our Twenties
“‘Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future,’ noted the writer Kahlil Gibran, ‘but from wanting to control it.’” – Pandora Sykes, How Do We Know We’re Doing It Right?
Ah, Masters degrees. Filled with a confusing concoction of intelligent go-getters with mood boards, perfectly winged eyeliner and breakfast smoothies, and those who refuse to acknowledge the fact that it’s time to move on from their student lifestyle. I suppose it could be argued that there truly is something for everyone in a postgraduate course. Whichever demographic you fit into (you’re looking at Group Two’s future team captain), I refuse to stand by and listen to people…