I started a job at a large corporation today. Excellent pay, close to my home, the position is in a field that I'm currently studying in school and enjoying. My previous job was as a barista in a small coffee shop, I miss my old job and the family I had at the coffee shop but this is the next logical step.

I slept well for my first day today and I spent longer than usual making myself look professional and I am so happy to be taking this next step in my life. But walking around in the office, I couldn't help but feel like I was drowning. So many new faces and directions and my mouth got exhausted from fake smiling at everyone. I'm 22 and I am scared like hell that I'll be in a cubicle for the next 30 years of my life. I respect the generation who could devote that kind of service to a company, maybe its because I'm young, but this job feels like a huge commitment. The department I asked to be placed in is supposed to be "fast-paced" and yet I sat around all day and the whole office was silent and people quietly tapped away. Maybe I just set my expectations high...