Tuesday, June 05, 2007

Music: Wilco - White Light
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So I think things might be looking up maybe kinda. I mean, if nothing else it looks like there might be some forward momentum.

I'm a pretty lucky person, no matter how I might bitch and moan to the contrary. A lot of people seem to find it in their hearts to help me out. Like my cousin's wife. She's said she'd forward my resume to some people she knows. How nice of her is that? But now I have to revise the thing...But workin in the City? That'd be pretty sweet, not gonna lie.

In other news...holy shit it's June. When the hell did that happen? That makes it over a year since I've graduated...I cannot even tell you how weird that is to type. I've been letting myself get really down about this whole law school thing, but in the interest of fighting the onset of septic-emo-ness, I'm trying to focus on why this year was still good for me even if I didn't get right in to law school on my original timetable.

For one thing, I'm much healthier than I was last year. 20 pounds lighter, fewer neurotic episodes, fewer stomach problems, and an overall better self image really helped. The stress of a difficult 4 year degree at a difficult school really made a mess out of my body. I don't think I've been this weight since early high school. That's good. I've also started reading again and generally enjoying non-stressful passtimes. The year off probably did more good for my health than harm.

On top of that I got a little financial boost. Started up a ROTH IRA with a little bit of money and it's already grown a bit. That's neat. I'm actually looking in to setting up, perhaps, more investments outside of my IRA while I still have this income and very few expenses. I like planning ahead, so knowing that I've started a retirement fund at 22 really appeals to me.

So yeah. No need to be totally emo about my first year out of the educational system and in the "real world."
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