I've officially become a move-back-in post-grad. I hardly see my friends. I mostly see my parents (or my co-workers twice a week). I am spending as little as possible to save up for whichever grand journey may next present itself. I recently read a rather refreshing and audacious article about becoming an adult and re-learning how to make friends after years of feeling like it came so easily.
So now that my adolescence (and four grueling years of bachelor's work is behind me), what will become next of me? It's become the ultimate defining factor of any millennial post-grad; that is, if you don't know what you're doing next, then what the hell are you doing? What did you get a degree in [insert liberal arts discipline here] for anyway if you're not going to do anything with it?
Yeah. I've had enough of those questions. From family, from peers, from parents, from strangers. From myself.
So, today, as I begin several new part-time jobs (which I will elaborate on below), I commit to trying something totally out of the ordinary every single week. I want to stay fresh and energetic forever. That's going to start now, before I become jaded and bitter like the rest of my newly full-time-working (read: afflicted) peers.
I will report back at the crux of every week (who ever knows if it's the beginning or the end) with a novelty I experienced, a fear I confronted. Could be big or small. I'm just going to do it.
This week's big moment? I was asked to write someone's obituary for them. Someone who is still alive*. (See Ghost-writing below)
As for the jobs that are actively keeping me from going super broke and entirely bonkers, I've got two(ish) at the moment.
1) Marketing Mania: this is my "big boy" job. I get about 20 hours a week to do sales and advertising team support with a company based in the Big Apple. I work on Broadway (I know it sounds awesome, right?) two days a week and the rest I get to work from home.
2) Brain Training: I'm currently in the process of getting trained to be a cognitive skills trainer for kids to adults to professionals looking to advance their skills.
Ish) *Ghost-writing: Here's the "ish" one (I only say so because it's super informal). Nonetheless it's a veritable breath of creative fresh air. I've just started for a family friend writing the stories of his life so he can have them for future generations. And he only lives 10 minutes away! Just yesterday he asked me to begin working on his obituary for him. This is a magnificent and empowering project.
Yours,
Jack at 22
So now that my adolescence (and four grueling years of bachelor's work is behind me), what will become next of me? It's become the ultimate defining factor of any millennial post-grad; that is, if you don't know what you're doing next, then what the hell are you doing? What did you get a degree in [insert liberal arts discipline here] for anyway if you're not going to do anything with it?
Yeah. I've had enough of those questions. From family, from peers, from parents, from strangers. From myself.
So, today, as I begin several new part-time jobs (which I will elaborate on below), I commit to trying something totally out of the ordinary every single week. I want to stay fresh and energetic forever. That's going to start now, before I become jaded and bitter like the rest of my newly full-time-working (read: afflicted) peers.
I will report back at the crux of every week (who ever knows if it's the beginning or the end) with a novelty I experienced, a fear I confronted. Could be big or small. I'm just going to do it.
This week's big moment? I was asked to write someone's obituary for them. Someone who is still alive*. (See Ghost-writing below)
As for the jobs that are actively keeping me from going super broke and entirely bonkers, I've got two(ish) at the moment.
1) Marketing Mania: this is my "big boy" job. I get about 20 hours a week to do sales and advertising team support with a company based in the Big Apple. I work on Broadway (I know it sounds awesome, right?) two days a week and the rest I get to work from home.
2) Brain Training: I'm currently in the process of getting trained to be a cognitive skills trainer for kids to adults to professionals looking to advance their skills.
Ish) *Ghost-writing: Here's the "ish" one (I only say so because it's super informal). Nonetheless it's a veritable breath of creative fresh air. I've just started for a family friend writing the stories of his life so he can have them for future generations. And he only lives 10 minutes away! Just yesterday he asked me to begin working on his obituary for him. This is a magnificent and empowering project.
Yours,
Jack at 22