NOTE: This series chronicles the wishes Tina writes in the Wish Journal she received from her aunt when she turned 13. To better understand Tina's character, be sure to read her other wishes in chronological order. Melancholy filled the small bedroom that Tina knew as her own space in college. Graduation was tomorrow. Tina bit her lip nervously as she packed the picture frames on her bookshelf. Anxiety riddled her with the realization that she hadn't found a job yet--why don't they teach job hunting in college? Her loosely developed plan of moving back home was all she had. She would be sleeping in her old bedroom in forty-eight hours. The room where Aunt Gemma lived during her last days. Tina taped up the box of newspaper-wrapped picture frames and pulled another box over to her. The small collection of books that either helped her through college or gave her a happy distraction were next. A Wrinkle in Time, The Heart of Darkness, The Poems of Sylvia Plath, and... The Wish Journal. Tina ran her hands over the front cover. Some of the metal studs were missing and the spine was cracked so that the first page--the inscription with Aunt Gemma's writing--slipped out. So many pages had not been written in yet. Oddly, Tina didn't mind. She knew that the book would find her whenever she needed direction. Now, four months after Aunt Gemma's funeral, she took it as a sign; a hand on her shoulder, a nudge from her aunt's elbow. Wish #12: I wish I could get a job. I wish to be successful. I wish I had a job lined up after graduation. I wish I had a plan after I walk off that stage tomorrow with my degree. I wish there was an instruction booklet that came with it.
I wish I had an opportunity waiting for me around the corner. I wish I found a job, one that I love. One that I rock at. I wish I had an answer when someone asks what I'm doing next. I wish I had direction; for someone to give me a chance to be great at something.
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