Prepared chapter 11: Concrete next step - life after graduation

Choose a college, a best-fit experience that will propel them toward a fulfilled life.
1. What's "best fit":

• consistent with a vision they have created for their life as an adult based on the knowledge they have of themselves
• purposeful and realistic
• a fully informed choice from a set of real options
• supported by family and community

Developing a concrete next step requires emerging adults to have a deep and specific sense of who they are and what they value

e.g. 

• what life style do you aspire to: a stable predictable work and a steady routine that leave time for family and friends vs. a risky, time-demanding but potentially highly rewarded work
• like to develop some theory vs. work on something with hands
• a job that needs to communicate with others a lot vs. a job that requires to work on your own most of time

2. How to choose the "best fit":

• Explore potential life pathways connected to your purpose 
• plan out multiple options
• build a community of trusted advisors
• take first steps
• choose a pathway based on your values and priorities
• commit to a pathway and start to navigate toward it

Plan out multiple options: 

• exploring multiple options lowers anxiety
• helps understand their sense of self and a sense of purpose
• allows to talk about their ideas among family, friends and networks of support.

build a community of trusted advisors:

• when plans begin to come out of kids' heads and into conversations, they start to make connections with people who can lead them to networks of support.