I'm 21 years old, certainly not a ripe old age of wisdom and experience, but I think that I can say with some authority that the following things are true:
1. Money does not grow on trees, or even on bushes. It is a fickle mistress, and so easy gets away, but comes with much greater difficultly. I've come to realize that this is one of my biggest shortcomings, my inability to budget effectively or to pay off necessary expenses is going to be a continuous challenge. I'm working hard to get out of my slump, but it's an uphill battle of the steepest slope.
2. The future is both thrilling and terrifying. I have some idea of what I'd like to be doing in the immediate future (following graduation in May I mean), but after that the sky is wide open. Ideally I'll spend the next few years working in non-profit fundraising, and even more specifically, I'd like to be working for a private college running part of their annual fund. If that doesn't pan out, I'll have to find a new calling.
3. Wine, pickles and cheese do not a fridge make.
4. Friday Night Lights is an under-appreciated show which I am discovering much too late, but fortunately at a time when I can watch all episodes in sequence. It makes me sort of long for a small town Texas background, one surrounded by aged pickups and attractive football playing men. Not to discard the utter beauty of growing up in the liberal, hybrid car loving Pacific Northwest, where soccer playing hipsters who camp on the weekends in Gore-Tex and fleece abound.
5. My eyelash curler has revolutionized my daily "face," and allows me to cancel out the under-eye circles I would have if I didn't sleep the extra half hour I've been giving myself.
For the moment, that's the wisdom that comes to mind.
A
Saturday, February 2, 2008
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