Humble Pie: Fresh Out the Oven!

Note to self, eating humble pie this fast can cause burning of roof of mouth.

In an attempt to spin the wheel of career acquisition to increase my perceived value I, like thousands of other 22-23 year olds figure that educational institutions are great places to wait out the recession and lack of jobs.


New York Times- Is Law School a Losing Game?

Suddenly saddling oneself with hundreds of thousands of dollars in student loans seems like a viable solution to the rig-a-marrow of recessionary holding patterns, innumerable unanswered resume submissions, failed interviews, and my personal favorite, temp jobs with a misleading title and an unclear end date.

I have heard horror stories far worse than I have encountered. Its rough out there, so rough that saddling oneself with debt banking on a long shot hot shot lawyer job.

 

At least I don't have any student loans coming out of undergrad. I should realize how lucky I am and keep making more mojitos.

The Man with a Plan: Attitude makes all the difference

With ThinkStorms LLC was put on the back-burner due to the necessity of getting a job to pay the rent I thought the days of innovation would have to wait. The daily grind then took over as I am now able to make mojitos on auto-pilot. (I actually received a compliment that I made the best Mojito a regular customer had ever had in his life.)
I do make house calls for a nominal fee.
I received the server training manual, this will double my daily income. Getting to main bar will quadruple my daily income; a promise that was made to me by the manager who promoted me to server.

I received high marks from the general manager and this was all triggered due to a change in my attitude. I became a man with a plan.
It seemed like I was not making progress and I was destined to fall in between the proverbial cracks. I then logged on to my lsat account I had made before I took the test, which I received a 153 on. This score is not stellar, leaving me two guaranteed options, FIU or Ave Maria Law. If I am in the top 1/3 of the class I have an opportunity to transfer to any public Law institution in the state.
This was the spark that I needed to put a smile on my face and a song in my heart.
All day I was putting 110% into all of my actions and this resulted in a chain reaction of positive occurrences that has continued to cause positive change in my life.

Knowing I have the opportunity to apply myself in a field I am passionate about, that is a career and not a job is all I needed to ignite my fire and burn white hot. I know it is not exotic as traveling the world teaching English or working at a fortune 500 company, but its good enough for me.

Mood: Ecstatic

1/1/11- New Year's Conjecture

Another decade down! The ten second ball drop, although arbitrary and a human construct, allows for one to reminisce of the year passed and wonder what the next will hold. It is a time where one remembers what is important to them because after all, we only have our memories and experiences as comfort and guidance in this game called life.

The Mayan calendar ends sometime next year.... (ominous music)
Other, more rational schools of thought realize that on a calendar written on limited space, it must end when there's no more room to write. Plus its hard to take a doomsday prophecy from something that looks like it belongs next to the silver monkey in the Legends of the Hidden Temple.

Anti-climactic, I know. All this speculation about the future makes me laugh at the best laid plans of mice and men. How many times I planned every detail only to have my preparation be in vain.

Bar-tending is tremendous fun, and I wonder how many other positions I will have in the next 365 days, and where life will take me as I continue to research how to travel and work venture in worldly enterprise and exploration.

What does the year hold for you? What are your New Year's Resolutions? Your goals, hopes, expectations?
I want to run a marathon with my brother. Sounds simple enough, and it's going to test my physical endurance but much more my mental discipline.

Here's to you, brother: