They don't tell you this in school. They teach you about equations, literature, and the anatomy of a frog. But they skip the part about what happens after the applause of graduation fades and the world grows quiet. They don't tell you how deafening the silence can be when the job doesn't come. When passion feels pointless. When the friends who promised forever start moving on, without you. You were told to "go to school, get good grades, and everything will fall in place." But nobody warned you that the place might not exist, or worse, that you might have to build it from scratch. This book is about that space. The uncomfortable, uncertain, messy middle between the life you envisioned and the one you're trying to make sense of. It's about the fear that creeps in when your plans collapse. The weight of rejection emails. The ache of waiting rooms. The silent comparison games you play in your mind as you scroll through social media.But more than that, this book is about hope that fights dirty.