I often wonder why I thrive on being so busy, all the time. It is quite the mystery to me. I seem to operate better and complete my tasks more thoroughly when I have a lot on my plate.
Wow, after today I am surprised I even wrote that much.
I am almost looking forward to those days when working in the office only to realize I was so involved in what I am doing my afternoon class started 10 minutes ago. Oops.
Many of the Centertainment staff members can attest to this. I am guessing many, many other Centers students can also say this has happened to them.
Don’t get me wrong. I am not condoning skipping class whatsoever. I often have to remind myself and other student employees – school comes first.
That is a hard thing to remember, especially for me when I know I will be graduating soon and that is all I will be doing is working. If I can even find a job…
Last week I was driving home from seeing a sick friend. You know how you don’t get a phone call or text for hours or even days? Then there is that one moment when everyone calls you and everyone texts you? That happened to me when I was on the road.
One of the people who called is a close friend of mine who, like many of my colleagues, is looking for a job after graduation. He contacts me rather upset at least once a week about his seemingly endless job search.
After that phone call I received another from a friend who is just starting school and just landed another job.
I started thinking about how ironic this is. Granted the job my friend without a degree was hired for is what you may call a “dead end job” and the job my graduate friend is looking for is his career. I keep telling myself I may not find my career right after I graduate and am prepared to finds that dead end job again, after four and a half years of blood sweat and tears and being busy.
Have I set myself up for disappointment?
I helped another friend of mine with his résumé. He served our country before he enrolled in higher education an
d is now a UWSP graduate. He has been living off his GI bills and government grants the entire time he was here. He has a four year degree, veteran’s status but NOTHING to fill his résumé.It is amazing how everyone has a different story, different variables and situations in life, and yet we are all expected to do the same thing.
I kinda feel like this particular has a lot of ideas that do not really mesh, but I tried. It’s the busy brain waves getting in gear for what is to come I guess.
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