I only know that my coffee is strong this morning.
At 6:59 a.m.
Because I pushed the "strong brew" button today.
I think it's going to be one of those days.
You know those days? Where you get up, and you don't quit for one second?
Yeah, it's kind of going to be like that. But I suppose that's what college life is;
moving a light speed without having a solidified direction.
I suppose that's why so many of us feel a little lost once post-graduation hits.
We have been busy creating our lives for the past four years inside the "It's okay to try everything" bubble...and then we receive a diploma, and we are pushed out into the media saturated, technology dependent world..and expected to get it right.
Right?
What is right?
Is this some sort of a pageant question?
Okay, fine. I am going to appease myself.
Pageant question of the day: (this seems like a good idea, maybe I shall start it)
-"Where do you see yourself in 5 years?"
(note: I have been asked this question on multiple occasions...in multiple pageant and job interviews...ugh)
-Typical BS response...."Well, I can definitely see myself in a Broadcast Journalism stint for ahwhile, but ultimately I want to end up in the field of Corporate Public Relations or Communications.
Okay...Does anyone have an idea of what that even MEANS?
Have we ever fooled anyone with such malarchy?
If I could actually answer this question.Today. With the copious amounts of caffeine that I have had, and mentally transparent state to which I currently prescribe, I would perhaps, instead, render a response similar to this:
"Well, I am currently pursuing a degree in Strategic Communication. I'm not really sure what that is, but when I transferred to OSU, and I was looking at a document that listed all the different types of overly vague degrees that I could consider, this seemed to roll of my tongue in the best way. Nope, I don't really love this degree, because I have no idea what to do with it. But I'm going with it, because for once in my life, I need to finish something."
Wow. That's real inspiring, isn't it? hmmmm....
This, my friends, is the reality of most of us after we finish college. Truly. I see it all the time. I work at a steakhouse with people who have LEGIT degrees and no focus or motivation or marketing skills to thrive in the job market.
So this begs the question of..
What the heck should we do to change this? How do we become solidified in a career by age 22? What do we even know about life at age 22?
We, as college students (I am mainly referring to women), become accustomed to several unique forms of living, which include, but are not entitled to:
- Binge Drinking
- Less than 4 hours of sleep on a daily basis
- Casual sex as an acceptable form of dating
- Bartending jobs
- Slutty clothing in negative degree weather/ ridiculously casual, pajama like outfits during class
- Thinking that someone cares about the fact that we are trying out a new Jazz class.
In the end, we end up spit out of a huge university, where everyone seems to be a slightly different shade of the next person, with the same unfocused degree....
I don't know about you, but this scares the H-E-double-hockey-sticks-outta-me.
I have to find a way to stand out in a school that promises nothing for an artist like me.
We all must find a way to pursue happiness without falling subject to the
circular patterns of the college experience that lead
us in no direction.
That being said, I find that my tangent made my
coffee cold. ...
So I will wrap this up.
The goal I had in my previous post was to begin to challenge myself by changing my way of thinking.
Today, the goal is to SEE THE BIG PICTURE and hold onto the dreams that I eagerly had before the tainted, darker mixture of paint settled into my moldable, young soul.
So today, I will make one decision that leads me to a direction that I can follow in the days to come.
But today I will avoid the
Circular Patterns.
-Lys
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