The City of Roses
I had a revelation yesterday (I've been having a lot of these lately...)
I was talking to my teacher/advisor and she asked me if I was staying in St. Louis when I graduate. I told her I thought I was just because it was going to be easier. She then encouraged me to maybe think about moving, for a fresh change of pace. And for somewhere that'll be a better fit for me. And then I got to thinking...
Why should I stay here because it's easy? I had never really thought about doing anything BUT staying here. I'd toyed with the idea of moving back to Fort Collins, but never anywhere else. And I don't know why. She had asked me where I really WANTED to live, and I told her I'd always been interested in Portland and Seattle. She got really excited and told me she thought that would be great.
So I'm pretty much determined, at this point, to make this happen. I know I have a lot of friends here...but that's pretty much the only thing keeping me, and I don't really feel like that's a good enough reason. I can make friends any where... So I've been doing some research on Portland and surrounding areas, and I think it would be a really good fit for me! Plus, my little brother might potentially go to Humboldt State Univ. in northern California, so I'd be moderately close to him, which would be awesome.
I have a goal of getting my portfolio done by the end of Spring Break, which I think is definitely possible if I put my mind to it.
I have the help of Marcus, and we're going to make a website with my work so that I can more easily market to employers afar. (Can you believe it? sarahblessing.com wasn't taken! So we're holding the URL until I have time to work on it more, right now it just forwards to my Facebook page.)
I am in the motions of trying to get a job and some more experience in the industry.
And I am dead-set on moving by mid-Summer.
I think I need this change of pace. St. Louis isn't where I want to spend the rest of my life. And graduating college is prime time for moving somewhere new and starting a new chapter. I'm tired of all the same shit here...I know the city fairly well and there's nothing that exciting about it to me any more. The demographic of people isn't necessarily ideal for me, and I think I'd be much happier somewhere else. So I'm going to do it. I think this will be good.
And hey, if it's not? I can always try something else...or move home for a little bit or something. I'll be fine. :]
I was talking to my teacher/advisor and she asked me if I was staying in St. Louis when I graduate. I told her I thought I was just because it was going to be easier. She then encouraged me to maybe think about moving, for a fresh change of pace. And for somewhere that'll be a better fit for me. And then I got to thinking...
Why should I stay here because it's easy? I had never really thought about doing anything BUT staying here. I'd toyed with the idea of moving back to Fort Collins, but never anywhere else. And I don't know why. She had asked me where I really WANTED to live, and I told her I'd always been interested in Portland and Seattle. She got really excited and told me she thought that would be great.
So I'm pretty much determined, at this point, to make this happen. I know I have a lot of friends here...but that's pretty much the only thing keeping me, and I don't really feel like that's a good enough reason. I can make friends any where... So I've been doing some research on Portland and surrounding areas, and I think it would be a really good fit for me! Plus, my little brother might potentially go to Humboldt State Univ. in northern California, so I'd be moderately close to him, which would be awesome.
I have a goal of getting my portfolio done by the end of Spring Break, which I think is definitely possible if I put my mind to it.
I have the help of Marcus, and we're going to make a website with my work so that I can more easily market to employers afar. (Can you believe it? sarahblessing.com wasn't taken! So we're holding the URL until I have time to work on it more, right now it just forwards to my Facebook page.)
I am in the motions of trying to get a job and some more experience in the industry.
And I am dead-set on moving by mid-Summer.
I think I need this change of pace. St. Louis isn't where I want to spend the rest of my life. And graduating college is prime time for moving somewhere new and starting a new chapter. I'm tired of all the same shit here...I know the city fairly well and there's nothing that exciting about it to me any more. The demographic of people isn't necessarily ideal for me, and I think I'd be much happier somewhere else. So I'm going to do it. I think this will be good.
And hey, if it's not? I can always try something else...or move home for a little bit or something. I'll be fine. :]