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Right now going to work is about the last thing I want to do. Spending 8.5 hours inside a shop while watching dusty road construction and listening to jack hammers and dealing with customers is the last thing I want to do on a warm Minnesota summer day... They're so rare, you know. I think that MN should institute 32 hour work weeks during nice sunny weather since we enjoy so little of it. I definitely need a new j-o-b.
I haven't been doing much lately besides wallowing in my own career misery -- or lack thereof. But one thing I am fairly good at is recognizing that work is just work. It is not my life, just what allows me to live. Well work and my parents, honestly. Right now I'm attempting to pay off my Europe credit card debt and save to move out simultaneously. It's actually a very daunting task when you fail to make an effort to curb the social spending... Bad news. However I am over halfway finished paying off the credit card. I even consilodated my student loans and cut my payments in half. Oh, and I purchased a new iMac laptop and added a couple hundred dollars a month to my list of bills. Bah, if it's not one thing it's another. I just need to make about twice as much as I do presently.
But the iMac purchase was very exciting, because I signed up to take the LSAT test in October. Should I get accepted to law school, I will need a computer of my own again. Leo (the bf) and I are going to tour the U of MN Law School in a few weeks and sit in on a Law class. Which means I have ruled out nursing school. I think I would do alright as a nurse, but I'm pretty positive I'd never be passionate about it. And passion, folks, is what I'm going for here.
Nobody told me I should consider law school, in fact, I was actually discouraged initially by my aunt (for whom I have the greatest respect -- she truly has always been my mentor). I'm starting to realize she only "discouraged" me from applying to law school directly after earning my undergrad degree because she wanted me to give it thought and make the decision on my own. My parents never once mentioned it -- especially not my father. They wanted me to go to school for aviation and air traffic control and I considered it, but I know I would have absolutely hated it.
Who knows really where I will be three years from now. I'll apply here, in Chicago, and in the Bay Area (and wherever they have "liberal"/progressive law schools), and we will just have to see what happens. I will work on my resume and apply for jobs that even minimally relate to my degree in the meantime. I will enjoy my life and my friends and appreciate my family and attempt to be happy here in this moment, in this stage of life. It has been a struggle lately, but I think taking Monday off to just be with myself was really beneficial.
Oh and Emily, my boyfriend is fabulous. So far he is pretty much my ideal partner - motivated, articulate, politically/socially aware, urban, cuddle-riffic, gorgeous, thoughtful, facial haired, open minded, hott. I am totally content to take it slowly and see where it goes. We both have a lot going on in our lives right now and a lot of possibilities and opportunities. But I do really like him.
If you're still with me: This Friday my parents are going to Seattle for the week -- BBQ at my house Saturday night after PRIDE festivities in Minneapolis. Be there or be totally square.
I haven't been doing much lately besides wallowing in my own career misery -- or lack thereof. But one thing I am fairly good at is recognizing that work is just work. It is not my life, just what allows me to live. Well work and my parents, honestly. Right now I'm attempting to pay off my Europe credit card debt and save to move out simultaneously. It's actually a very daunting task when you fail to make an effort to curb the social spending... Bad news. However I am over halfway finished paying off the credit card. I even consilodated my student loans and cut my payments in half. Oh, and I purchased a new iMac laptop and added a couple hundred dollars a month to my list of bills. Bah, if it's not one thing it's another. I just need to make about twice as much as I do presently.
But the iMac purchase was very exciting, because I signed up to take the LSAT test in October. Should I get accepted to law school, I will need a computer of my own again. Leo (the bf) and I are going to tour the U of MN Law School in a few weeks and sit in on a Law class. Which means I have ruled out nursing school. I think I would do alright as a nurse, but I'm pretty positive I'd never be passionate about it. And passion, folks, is what I'm going for here.
Nobody told me I should consider law school, in fact, I was actually discouraged initially by my aunt (for whom I have the greatest respect -- she truly has always been my mentor). I'm starting to realize she only "discouraged" me from applying to law school directly after earning my undergrad degree because she wanted me to give it thought and make the decision on my own. My parents never once mentioned it -- especially not my father. They wanted me to go to school for aviation and air traffic control and I considered it, but I know I would have absolutely hated it.
Who knows really where I will be three years from now. I'll apply here, in Chicago, and in the Bay Area (and wherever they have "liberal"/progressive law schools), and we will just have to see what happens. I will work on my resume and apply for jobs that even minimally relate to my degree in the meantime. I will enjoy my life and my friends and appreciate my family and attempt to be happy here in this moment, in this stage of life. It has been a struggle lately, but I think taking Monday off to just be with myself was really beneficial.
Oh and Emily, my boyfriend is fabulous. So far he is pretty much my ideal partner - motivated, articulate, politically/socially aware, urban, cuddle-riffic, gorgeous, thoughtful, facial haired, open minded, hott. I am totally content to take it slowly and see where it goes. We both have a lot going on in our lives right now and a lot of possibilities and opportunities. But I do really like him.
If you're still with me: This Friday my parents are going to Seattle for the week -- BBQ at my house Saturday night after PRIDE festivities in Minneapolis. Be there or be totally square.