It's been a while
Well. I haven't posted in this in quite a long time. So lets continue this thing we call blogging. It seems like in recent years, blogging has been destroyed by social networking - status updates/tweets. Paragraphs have now become 160 word summaries as information can be communicated instantly through subscriptions. Well I am going to try to give paragraphs again because they have emotion and character to them instead of quick information blasts. So here we go...
In recent months I have moved to the city of San Diego after completing my undergrad work at Cal Poly SLO. I am working in "industry" at the moment and attending graduate school part time. It is definitely a new adventure being independent in all aspects of my life now. I have to worry about things like rent, bills, insurance, time management. There is no one telling me what I can and can't do. There is no formula of how to live life. You have to create goals of things you want to achieve in the short run, medium run, and long run. In the short run, I want to make it past this week where I work 4 days and have to cram 36 hours in them. Not a big deal right...but on top of that I have to leave work early on Mon and Tues to go to 3 hrs of grad school each day. That also means I have to make up hours on Wed and Thurs at work leading to 11 hour days which are just ridiculous. It's almost a strain on my body to cram so much in, but with having every other Friday off the reward is greater and I appreciate this day of freedom. Definitely a change up from this past school year/summer where I didn't do jack shit all day everyday. I would wake up at noon trying to decide what I wanted to do each day. Things were simple such as...What am I going to eat for breakfast(at noon)? Should I work on my senior project? How many episodes of the Hills am I going to watch today? Should I go out tonight? etc. In the present day, my schedule is predefined for the most part with commitments and then I try to fill in those free hours with something I actually want to do. So little time, so much to do is the general idea.
Another aspect is how do I remain social with all of these time commitments? In college, half the battle of living was hanging out and interacting with people with your free time. Now I have to figure out how I am going to meet/hang out with people since most of my days are committed to work/school. I have made some friends through work that I lunch with or go to happy hour with. Some blasts from the past - Freshman year dorm mates- have come back into my life too who somehow work at the same company as me. I also made some friends in town last summer in the La Jolla area that I try to remain in contact with. There are a few Phi Psi's in the area too that I went to college with that try to get together once in a while which is always a good time. I also joined meetup groups but have yet to actually attend any of the events yet. I am putting an effort forward on all these things but there just isn't enough time to do everything.
DRINKING AND PARTYING. I did it all the time in college..probably the majority of the week. Ever since moving out here, I feel a new sense of responsibility where It isn't as necessary anymore. I may go out like once a week but my goal isn't to get shit faced and try to hit on slam pieces anymore. I am trying to be a respectable human being 24/7. It's going very well so far in the past weeks. It's also nice to have some extra $ in the wallet by not going out as much either. I am tired of writing, so more to come later. Keep checking back for updates.
In recent months I have moved to the city of San Diego after completing my undergrad work at Cal Poly SLO. I am working in "industry" at the moment and attending graduate school part time. It is definitely a new adventure being independent in all aspects of my life now. I have to worry about things like rent, bills, insurance, time management. There is no one telling me what I can and can't do. There is no formula of how to live life. You have to create goals of things you want to achieve in the short run, medium run, and long run. In the short run, I want to make it past this week where I work 4 days and have to cram 36 hours in them. Not a big deal right...but on top of that I have to leave work early on Mon and Tues to go to 3 hrs of grad school each day. That also means I have to make up hours on Wed and Thurs at work leading to 11 hour days which are just ridiculous. It's almost a strain on my body to cram so much in, but with having every other Friday off the reward is greater and I appreciate this day of freedom. Definitely a change up from this past school year/summer where I didn't do jack shit all day everyday. I would wake up at noon trying to decide what I wanted to do each day. Things were simple such as...What am I going to eat for breakfast(at noon)? Should I work on my senior project? How many episodes of the Hills am I going to watch today? Should I go out tonight? etc. In the present day, my schedule is predefined for the most part with commitments and then I try to fill in those free hours with something I actually want to do. So little time, so much to do is the general idea.
Another aspect is how do I remain social with all of these time commitments? In college, half the battle of living was hanging out and interacting with people with your free time. Now I have to figure out how I am going to meet/hang out with people since most of my days are committed to work/school. I have made some friends through work that I lunch with or go to happy hour with. Some blasts from the past - Freshman year dorm mates- have come back into my life too who somehow work at the same company as me. I also made some friends in town last summer in the La Jolla area that I try to remain in contact with. There are a few Phi Psi's in the area too that I went to college with that try to get together once in a while which is always a good time. I also joined meetup groups but have yet to actually attend any of the events yet. I am putting an effort forward on all these things but there just isn't enough time to do everything.
DRINKING AND PARTYING. I did it all the time in college..probably the majority of the week. Ever since moving out here, I feel a new sense of responsibility where It isn't as necessary anymore. I may go out like once a week but my goal isn't to get shit faced and try to hit on slam pieces anymore. I am trying to be a respectable human being 24/7. It's going very well so far in the past weeks. It's also nice to have some extra $ in the wallet by not going out as much either. I am tired of writing, so more to come later. Keep checking back for updates.