I'm going to go ahead and apologize for the over-romantic title of this messay.
But really, I've been thinking a lot recently about what comes next. Please notice that I didn't say "what I want to do with the rest of my life." College students put too much pressure on themselves by thinking that their first job out of college determines what they are doing for the rest of their life. That's dumb. How many of our parents are still in their first job that they had out of college? Nope, I didn't think so.
But I've been thinking about what I'm doing after college, and I'm not sure. So here's a list of my thoughts and why they may fit my skill set, arranged as a list of comma splices. Read at your own risk (of boredom):
1. Education Administration: I love education, I'm passionate about education, I'm organized, I'm good at delegation, I would be happy in a school.
2. Writer for Darling: I'm creative, I like talking to creative people, I am good at helping other people make the words say what their brain is trying to say, I love beautiful things.
3. Personal Assistant: I'm good at knowing tons of stuff about other people, I'm encouraging, I love to do little plain tasks for people, I'm organized, I'm willing to be behind the scenes.
4. CEO: My third grade teacher said I should be a CEO, my mom-friend who's a CEO said I could do it, I love powerful women doing powerful things, I am comfortable in positions of authority.
5. Waitress: I love interactions with people that actually have a purpose, I'm good at hard work, I think sharing food is important, I think how you share food is important.
6. Plain Job: Anything where I do something for a certain number of hours and make money, then get to go home and work on my writing on my own time in the evenings.
7. Interviewer: I think people are interesting, I'm good at asking questions, I believe everyone is important, I believe understanding people's motivations fosters empathy.
Stay tuned for . . . hmmm, three years or so? . . . then I'll know. We'll see if it's anything like these.
