Liminality, what does it mean and how does it apply to our lives? Liminality can be referred to as “a spatial/temporal position of ‘geopolitical threshold’”, which is how the author, Stephane Corcuff, referred to it throughout the article (Corcuff 2012: 34). However, another definition of liminality is “an in-between, transitional period of time”, which is what I have decided to talk about.

As a university student I think we all have this feeling of being in-between, we spend 3-5 years of our lives in university a place where people come and go, most not really knowing where they’re going in life while others have master plans of how their lives are supposed to turn out. As fourth year students our time in-between is almost up, it’s now time to face the real world, start making real decisions and becoming a part of society. Yet, for most making the jump isn’t easy, how do you go from this in-between phase of your life to the real world, there are so many things that need to be figured out first, like once school is done what’s next? Grad school, second bachelors, college, job market, where should I live, what do I want from life or maybe even moving home to figure out what to do. This liminal stage has stretched on for the majority of our lives, we’ve spent so much time in school and in reality has it prepared us for the real world, are we really normal functional and well adjusted people.

A catchphrase that could very easily sum up this liminal stage is “Fake It Till You Make It” and once you’ve finished your degree; you’ve faked it and nodded your head when the professor asked a question, have you really made it? What does it really mean to make it, how can you tell if you’ve made it and you’re out of this perpetual liminal stage you’ve been in for the past 3-5 years of your life. Who defines if you’ve made it or not, can you arbitrarily decide you’ve made it and you’re out of the liminal stage?