Quarter-Life Crisis? Hardly.
Ok, not really. I'm just struggling with the same question most everyone else is... only for about the 10th time...
What do I want to be when I grow up?
Just in the last week, I've gone from not wanting to teach, to wanting to be a counselor first and instead, to thinking about teaching, to applying for an admin. position at a downtown real estate company, to considering a Ph.D. program starting next year, to job-seeking at colleges around here in the admissions deptartments.
Mom says it's ok to keep changing my mind.
Thank goodness, because that's what I seem to be the best at. Everyone keeps telling me I'm young, I'll figure it out, and I've got plenty of time.
Thank you, thank you, and thank you, BUT... I just feel the need to be working towards something. Like to be in a job that'll get me closer to doing somethingin all the fields I'm interested in, or going back to school, or something. I'm getting tired and bored... I know I go through this "I need a change" thing every year or so, but this time it's not just a change I'm looking for, but a direction. I'm ok with not being all grown up with - in fact, I relish it. However, I do want to be doing something that's getting me further advanced in a career or whatnot other than customer service.
Other than this mini-crisis, I'm keeping plenty busy with work. I worked just under 60 hours last week and next week will be very similar. I have tonight, tomorrow, and Saturday morning off and I am so ridiculously excited to be able to do some things on my own time. Like I'm in the middle of a french manicure right now. Just because I can.
Tonight's date night. :) Drew's taking me to Stella's Fish Cafe in Uptown, somewhere I've been meaning to check out for months. Tomorrow's a Doni-Jessie, then Doni-Jessie-Steph day/afternoon... Jess and I are going to have lunch somewhere new and exciting (don't know where yet - open to suggestions!), then find something to do all afternoon... possibly have a pineapple pizza dinner w/ Miss Stephanie. In the evening, I'm planning on seeing Pat McCurdy at O'Gara's in St. Paul with whoever else plans on showing up there... So if you're interested, show up! Other than all that, I'm going to not think about lottery tickets or liquor bottles (unless I'm the one drinking it...) for a couple of days.
Adios. =)
What do I want to be when I grow up?
Just in the last week, I've gone from not wanting to teach, to wanting to be a counselor first and instead, to thinking about teaching, to applying for an admin. position at a downtown real estate company, to considering a Ph.D. program starting next year, to job-seeking at colleges around here in the admissions deptartments.
Mom says it's ok to keep changing my mind.
Thank goodness, because that's what I seem to be the best at. Everyone keeps telling me I'm young, I'll figure it out, and I've got plenty of time.
Thank you, thank you, and thank you, BUT... I just feel the need to be working towards something. Like to be in a job that'll get me closer to doing somethingin all the fields I'm interested in, or going back to school, or something. I'm getting tired and bored... I know I go through this "I need a change" thing every year or so, but this time it's not just a change I'm looking for, but a direction. I'm ok with not being all grown up with - in fact, I relish it. However, I do want to be doing something that's getting me further advanced in a career or whatnot other than customer service.
Other than this mini-crisis, I'm keeping plenty busy with work. I worked just under 60 hours last week and next week will be very similar. I have tonight, tomorrow, and Saturday morning off and I am so ridiculously excited to be able to do some things on my own time. Like I'm in the middle of a french manicure right now. Just because I can.
Tonight's date night. :) Drew's taking me to Stella's Fish Cafe in Uptown, somewhere I've been meaning to check out for months. Tomorrow's a Doni-Jessie, then Doni-Jessie-Steph day/afternoon... Jess and I are going to have lunch somewhere new and exciting (don't know where yet - open to suggestions!), then find something to do all afternoon... possibly have a pineapple pizza dinner w/ Miss Stephanie. In the evening, I'm planning on seeing Pat McCurdy at O'Gara's in St. Paul with whoever else plans on showing up there... So if you're interested, show up! Other than all that, I'm going to not think about lottery tickets or liquor bottles (unless I'm the one drinking it...) for a couple of days.
Adios. =)
posted by Lily @ 1:30 PM
3 Comments:
At 7:33 PM,
Jess said…
Cheers to that!
At 1:10 AM,
Anonymous said…
"If you don't know where you're going, any direction will get you there. Just keep moving."
At 1:10 AM,
Anonymous said…
"If you don't know where you're going, any direction will get you there. Just keep moving."
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