So with all this introspective thinking time I've been given lately, many thoughts have crossed my mind. One of which I would like to share with you. For those of you who don't know, every year I was away at school (either high school or college) my dad would send me a letter in the fall. I cherish and love these letters more then anything... And to be fair he also sent them to my brothers. I looked forward to the advice my dad would give me for the upcoming school year or his own personal reflections because I knew he had some wonderful sage advice. The letters are now currently on the walls of my bedroom at my parents house but I've been thinking lately how I'd like to frame them. As much as I hate to admit it sometimes, my parents are right just about all the time on everything, and sure I occasionally get my own zinger in there but that's not the point. The point is that now, 8 years after my first letter, I'm starting to listen to all the great advice both my parents have given me.
With the scary upcoming job prospects I have (read: job applications and interviews etc;) I'm trying to hold onto all that great advice since I'll be jumping into the pool blindly. I'll be honest, applying for jobs is scary. Having already been rejected I'm afraid of putting myself out there again. Knowing how hard it is to get a job... I'm just getting ready to step up to the plate and am unsure of how it'll go.
A friend of mine from Sewanee has started a blog about food (he's a football player so eating is his specialty ;-) ) and his recent post was about trying new foods. While he was actually talking about trying new foods I read it a bit differently. I read it that one can never know what the future holds without just moving forwards. I totally agree with that concept because the truth is we really never can know what is in store. So really why not jump forwards?
Now I can say all of this stuff but the truth is I can't preach without practicing... So I'm logging on to the DPS website and just jumping... I'm not saying I'll apply for any jobs tonight but I definitely am going to try not hold back from the future any more... So here goes... wish me luck...
(here's the link if you want to see his take on the future http://chattanoogafoodie.tumblr.com/)
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