PART 1
Recently, I’ve been watching How I Met Your Mother on Netflix. I had watched the first four seasons a few years back, but I stopped watching it because I got a little bored of the outrageous character personalities. Now, I really did enjoy watching it because I liked the storyline and the storytelling is original. So I’m on season six now (no spoilers, pls).

PART 2
I just stumbled upon a cover of S Club 7’s Bring It All Back. For your memory, the chorus goes like this:

Don’t stop, never give up
Hold your head high and reach the top
Let the world see what you have got
Bring it all back to you

PART 3
In the last two months, I have graduated from college, moved out of my parents’ house, moved into my own townhouse, and submitted over 50+ job applications (not including the 50+ apps since March). I’ve been to five interviews and for four out of five, did not move forward in the process. Now, I’m crossing my finger for the fifth one, but…

In HIMYM, the whole storyline is about how these adults figure out their lives. There’s a few episodes/seasons where things kinda suck for them. Older Ted seems to always be narrating “It wasn’t a good year for me” or “Robin just got out of a serious relationship” or something else to that effect.

Combine bad years and relationship problems with Bring It All Back’s catchy and upbeat message… you get a thoughtful reflection on a few things:

1. Admitting that things are rough right now
2. Being okay with it
3. Keeping your chin up
4. Never giving up
5. Finding new opportunities to grow

I guess that’s post-grad life for me so far. It’s a weird, transition-y time right now.

P.S. I wrote this blog post kind of like a HIMYM episode. Just imagine the camera swishing back and forth between clips of me watching Netflix and YouTube and going from one job interview to the next.