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Its a bit late but I think it is time for me to announce my New Years Resolution. The past year and a half ive dedicated to finding out 'Who I am.' I dropped camp and went to Australia/New Zealand, I entered a much larger academic community, I branched out and became friends with people who I normally wouldnt, I found out I can have a strong relationship with the right person, I overcame my fear of heights and rope courses, there were so many things done since school ended in 2003 to try to discover who i AM. One thing I've discovered in this time is my love for Architecture. When I went to Australia, I had my mind set on going into Foreign Policies and follow the career path of becoming a foreign diplomat. Something on that trip changed everything, the different buildings I saw...structures...and city planing got me thinking. Once I got home I signed up for an Intro to Architecture class at the highscool (even though the name was 'Introduction to Technical Drawing with Computer Aided Design') Ive taken two of these courses so far and Ive been asked to design things that will be put into the real world. Im helping renovate a building at Larz Anderson park in Brookline/JP area, Ive designed a building that the school is going to build and will be sold as a working residential structure, and Ive been asked to intern this coming summer for a company based in Boston. This is taking me somewhere and for the first time I am entering my third stage of my 'develppment' (1st was me concentrating on the past...that was bad...). For this year and for however long afterword I am not going to be thinking about 'Who I am', but 'Who I can Become'. This is probably one of the more healthy things Ive ever decided to do, and instead of making decisions based on what will make me happy now, im making decisions on what will make my life better in the long run.
Somehow this connects to Camp. Camp Micah is a great place, and has a rich communal feeling that I cant find anywhere else in the world (Australia is a nice runner up, but that was different). However, after thinking things through more recently I may find it best for me to stay in Boston this coming summer. The doors have opened for me to get a huge jumpstart into Architecture, Im looking into a program at the BAC located at the end of Newbury street, I have an internship lined up, and I have been informed that I could attempt to go to Harvard to pursue Architecture this summer. I am torn. On one hand there is the great Camp Micah that holds history with me, and the friends that I hold close. But on the other there is all these great opportunities to grasp. I am not sure which I will go to. If you are mad at the fact that I am deciding please dont yell at me, or get too mad at me. Its a hard enough decision right now. Both sides have their ups and downs...just with this new New Years Resolution, in the long run, staying in Boston would be better for me.
More to follow,
Dan
Somehow this connects to Camp. Camp Micah is a great place, and has a rich communal feeling that I cant find anywhere else in the world (Australia is a nice runner up, but that was different). However, after thinking things through more recently I may find it best for me to stay in Boston this coming summer. The doors have opened for me to get a huge jumpstart into Architecture, Im looking into a program at the BAC located at the end of Newbury street, I have an internship lined up, and I have been informed that I could attempt to go to Harvard to pursue Architecture this summer. I am torn. On one hand there is the great Camp Micah that holds history with me, and the friends that I hold close. But on the other there is all these great opportunities to grasp. I am not sure which I will go to. If you are mad at the fact that I am deciding please dont yell at me, or get too mad at me. Its a hard enough decision right now. Both sides have their ups and downs...just with this new New Years Resolution, in the long run, staying in Boston would be better for me.
More to follow,
Dan