What am I doing with my life?!

Today is officially October 5th. I graduate college in 70 days. Holy shit, 70 days! I have 70 days to figure out what the hell I'm doing after I graduate. I have to wait until after January 17th to make a big move because that is my sister's wedding date. I'm the Maid of Honor, so I need to be available to do Maid of Honor-y things, like get french manicures and give pep talks and repair tragically ripped dresses in 30 seconds and work on my poignant toast and trip on something and land face-first in the wedding cake. I think I've seen too many romantic comedies. Okay, so that's 103 days. That's a little better.

What in the eff should I do with my life? I know I want to continue my animal activism, and try to make a career out of it. But let's face it, in this economy (every blog post must have the phrase "in this economy") am I really going to be able to support myself with a career in the animal rights movement? People are getting laid off left and right, could I really expect a non-profit AR org. to hire new people? Probably not.

How does one go about finding a job in a new place? Do you pick a place you want to live, find and apartment, and then find a job? How does this whole "adulthood" thing work? Do you apply for jobs in several places you may want to live, and move to the place that offers you a job? How much in advance of being able to move should I start to do this? I need help. Please help.

If I get to pick a place I'd like to live, I choose: Portland, Wellington, Vancouver, NYC, San Francisco, Denver/Boulder, anywhere else in New Zealand. Almost in that order.

If I pick something I'd like to do first, it would be working at any Animal Rights Organization that I support, i.e. Farm Sanctuary, Compassion Over Killing, any farm animal sanctuary, Best Friends Animal Society. Not PETA. If I can't get a job at one of these places, it would be rad to work at a vegan establishment, like a restaurant or someplace like Herbivore (or any place at the vegan strip mall in Portland). Anything kind of green-y/non-profit-y/environmental-y/grass rootsy/hippie dippie would be great, too.

So, do I just Craigslist the shit out of these possibilities? Do I go work on organic farms in New Zealand and not make any money?

If you have a career, tell me how you got it post-college. What order did you do things in? What would you have done differently? How did you make enough money to support yourself?

22 is a scary, scary, scary age.