25 January 2011
DRIVE ON....
Recently, I have been complaining about not knowing what my next move is going to be, when I will find my dream job, when I will feel settled, how I will know what I am good at so that I can pursue it etc... Then today, my brother pointed out a "guest" response to an interesting article.
The article was about 20-somethings who have degrees, but are still unemployed in this awful economy. It went on to describe how so many 20-somethings are moving back home to their parents houses, are feeling lost in what direction to take their lives and are basically losing hope in ever finding what they are good at. After reading the article and feeling much less alone in my current situation, I read the response my brother pointed out to me.
The response is as follows:
"As someone who is 27 years old, has a Master degree in business after Bachelor's degrees in liberal arts, and has struggled just like everyone else with trying to find a "good job," the honest best thing I can say to someone like Vockel or Lieberman is: get off your ass, and quit complaining so much. Now that you are an adult, nobody will hold your hand and give you the structure you say you crave. You have to find it for yourself, and it doesn't even matter what you choose. Just pick something productive and become really good at it, whether it's making comic books or pickling beets or darning socks or accounting. You can choose anything except sitting on Facebook or whining" ( http://www.good.is/post/young-educated-and-unemployed-a-new-generation-of-kids-search-for-work-in-their-20s/ ).
I couldn't agree more with this 27 year old. After reading this I couldn't help but laugh at how ridiculous I have been in taking my pretty awesome life "so damn seriously". A friend once told me "FIDO". I asked her what that meant, she stated "Fuck It and Drive On". (excuse my french). I totally agree!! It's time to think less, act more and choose ONE thing to pursue instead of trying to be everything right now.
Thank you 27 year old degree holder. You put things in perspective!
Letters to a young poet letter 4
A dear friend once shared this quote with me... and it's how I would like to live my life (with patience and enjoyment of the unanswered questions! ).
"I would like to beg you dear sir, as well as I can, to have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language. Don't search for the answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live them. And the point is to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer" (Rainer Maria Rilke).
"I would like to beg you dear sir, as well as I can, to have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language. Don't search for the answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live them. And the point is to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer" (Rainer Maria Rilke).
23 January 2011
Around the world...
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| For Christmas I asked Santa for a HUGE map of the world, although my gift came a week after Christmas ( he must have been busy ), I finally got it and I was thrilled! Sometimes I can stare for very long periods of time looking at globes and maps and drawings of different countries. I love to look at where I am on the world map and then move my finger randomly around the map with my eyes closed, stop abruptly and see where my finger landed. Then I think for a few minutes about that country, about that culture, the people, who live there, what they are possibly doing at this exact hour and what life is like there. Strange, I know, but it's fun and makes my imagination go crazy! You should try it some time! |
22 January 2011
leave it to fate
My current situation in life is an interesting one. Lately I have been faced with a lot of big decisions that I don't have enough feeling, information or understanding for to even come to any conclusion or answers. It's not a good feeling to be torn, confused or distracted. It's also not a good feeling to be "lost in limbo" and having pressure to make decisions right now or else...
I came across this picture that says "Leave it to fate" and it relaxes me. We need to constantly be reminded that we don't have control of life...and sometimes, all we really can do is let go...and hope things will just fall into place!
That's where I am now. I am just going to "Let It Be" and hope for the best!
I came across this picture that says "Leave it to fate" and it relaxes me. We need to constantly be reminded that we don't have control of life...and sometimes, all we really can do is let go...and hope things will just fall into place!
That's where I am now. I am just going to "Let It Be" and hope for the best!
21 January 2011
Simpleness of a coffee break
Sometimes sitting over coffee with a friend for an hour or so can truly turn your day around! Taking a coffee break is good for the soul!
14 October 2010
Two Roads
I am finally back and ready to write. It has been a few months since I arrived home from Argentina and I have no excuse for the lack of posts. I like to say my blog was on pause, kind of like my life...
Things have been anything but dull around here. I love America, and arriving home at the end of summer, when the trees were all in bloom, when I could drive my car with the top down, all my friends were around, I had lots of vacations to look forward to, and I had all my loved ones around me- it was almost impossible to miss or even think about Argentina(I still did). I never could have imagined that an unemployed life could be this ridiculously busy. I have traveled to Maine, Connecticut, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and soon Alabama. I have celebrated "welcome home" parties, local festivals, taken a few guitar lessons, celebrated my dads 50th, been to a few embassy events, became a board member of CEGA (Argentine Cultural group) I have been to the hospital a handful of times for various family members, seen friends go through dark times in relation to health and family, had a few friends lose loved ones, boyfriends and the like and I have begun interviewing my Siti (grandma)about her life. I plan to eventually write her love story in a biography form...I can dream right?
So, as I said, things have been very busy around here, but I wouldn't have it any other way. I like to say my life is "on pause" because I literally have no idea where the next road will take me. I am working very hard to take the road less traveled...but sometimes I can be unrealistic about this. In other words, I am trying very hard to go abroad again, which is difficult because I have no income, and a car, insurance and student loans to pay off. On top of all that, I have no clue where I want to go next, I am thinking AFRICA!
My independent trip to Argentina and back was one for the books. I can't believe how much I changed in just half a year. It is funny because I recall talking to my roommate Leigh, one night in Buenos Aires and we were discussing whether or not we felt changed at all. We both said we didn't notice much change in ourselves from when we left America to that time we were having the discussion. Well, I can honestly say, 3 months after returning back home, I changed tremendously. I see life differently now. I see opportunity in everything around me. I don't think I saw that before...I see taking chances as the best thing a person can do for themselves. I am much, much more selfish in a good way. I realize the importance of living life for yourself and not waiting for others, or trying to please others. I also realize how important it is to go after what you want and fully know you can have what you want. I also understand the meaning of patience and accepting that things work out the way they are supposed to and to not rush life. PATIENCE is the biggest lesson I learned in Argentina.
I once read the book "The Secret" at a time when I thought I was so lost in life(back in college- what a joke), and it stated that we as humans create the world in which we live in. I read on and became aware that we bring to ourselves what we send into the universe. After reading that book, then putting it into practice(sending the universe my desire to go to Argentina),I became a believer that we really do create the life in which we live. Now, I know that is a tough concept to accept when you are living on the streets of Rio de Janero because you were born to a prostitute mother and your father is a drug dealer, but things can change if you want them to. Yes, it is easier said than done, especially coming from a person who was not born in such dangerous and horrible circumstances, but there are many people in this world who have changed the direction of their lives. It's pretty fascinating.
I miss Argentina every single day. I really do. There is no place like it and no experience that will ever compare to my time there. Those 6 months were a tease, I feel like I chose 6 months because it was safe-I had a return date. Traveling alone left me hungry, it was just an appetizer for the main course. Where I am now: figuring out the next move, figuring out what country to go explore, wondering if I can handle a longer period of time away...and honestly planning to take that road of uncertainty.
There are two roads: Road 1: is to stay here. Down this road I will see people get engaged, married, promoted, I will find myself a good paying job, my own apartment, and my own grown-up DC life. Road 2: is to travel into an unknown world all alone, again. To go somewhere that promises me NOTHING except the indescribable change that will come from "within" after experiencing a new journey. I think the answer is obvious...
Not sure how to make it happen though.
Kat
Things have been anything but dull around here. I love America, and arriving home at the end of summer, when the trees were all in bloom, when I could drive my car with the top down, all my friends were around, I had lots of vacations to look forward to, and I had all my loved ones around me- it was almost impossible to miss or even think about Argentina(I still did). I never could have imagined that an unemployed life could be this ridiculously busy. I have traveled to Maine, Connecticut, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and soon Alabama. I have celebrated "welcome home" parties, local festivals, taken a few guitar lessons, celebrated my dads 50th, been to a few embassy events, became a board member of CEGA (Argentine Cultural group) I have been to the hospital a handful of times for various family members, seen friends go through dark times in relation to health and family, had a few friends lose loved ones, boyfriends and the like and I have begun interviewing my Siti (grandma)about her life. I plan to eventually write her love story in a biography form...I can dream right?
So, as I said, things have been very busy around here, but I wouldn't have it any other way. I like to say my life is "on pause" because I literally have no idea where the next road will take me. I am working very hard to take the road less traveled...but sometimes I can be unrealistic about this. In other words, I am trying very hard to go abroad again, which is difficult because I have no income, and a car, insurance and student loans to pay off. On top of all that, I have no clue where I want to go next, I am thinking AFRICA!
My independent trip to Argentina and back was one for the books. I can't believe how much I changed in just half a year. It is funny because I recall talking to my roommate Leigh, one night in Buenos Aires and we were discussing whether or not we felt changed at all. We both said we didn't notice much change in ourselves from when we left America to that time we were having the discussion. Well, I can honestly say, 3 months after returning back home, I changed tremendously. I see life differently now. I see opportunity in everything around me. I don't think I saw that before...I see taking chances as the best thing a person can do for themselves. I am much, much more selfish in a good way. I realize the importance of living life for yourself and not waiting for others, or trying to please others. I also realize how important it is to go after what you want and fully know you can have what you want. I also understand the meaning of patience and accepting that things work out the way they are supposed to and to not rush life. PATIENCE is the biggest lesson I learned in Argentina.
I once read the book "The Secret" at a time when I thought I was so lost in life(back in college- what a joke), and it stated that we as humans create the world in which we live in. I read on and became aware that we bring to ourselves what we send into the universe. After reading that book, then putting it into practice(sending the universe my desire to go to Argentina),I became a believer that we really do create the life in which we live. Now, I know that is a tough concept to accept when you are living on the streets of Rio de Janero because you were born to a prostitute mother and your father is a drug dealer, but things can change if you want them to. Yes, it is easier said than done, especially coming from a person who was not born in such dangerous and horrible circumstances, but there are many people in this world who have changed the direction of their lives. It's pretty fascinating.
I miss Argentina every single day. I really do. There is no place like it and no experience that will ever compare to my time there. Those 6 months were a tease, I feel like I chose 6 months because it was safe-I had a return date. Traveling alone left me hungry, it was just an appetizer for the main course. Where I am now: figuring out the next move, figuring out what country to go explore, wondering if I can handle a longer period of time away...and honestly planning to take that road of uncertainty.
There are two roads: Road 1: is to stay here. Down this road I will see people get engaged, married, promoted, I will find myself a good paying job, my own apartment, and my own grown-up DC life. Road 2: is to travel into an unknown world all alone, again. To go somewhere that promises me NOTHING except the indescribable change that will come from "within" after experiencing a new journey. I think the answer is obvious...
Not sure how to make it happen though.
Kat
04 August 2010
Chau Buenos Aires querido....
Though we travel the world over to find the
beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
It's here. It's my last day in this country...for the time being at least. It has been an incredible adventure and I couldn't feel any luckier to have experienced what I have these past 6 months.
I will leave today with a heavy heart and a few tears, but I am sure they are warranted. There have been MANY ups and MANY downs here in Argentina, but I have learned from every "down" and appreciated every "up". Fortunately it's human nature to only truly remember the good things and I will always remember every experience here. I am confident and proud to say, I lived this trip to the fullest, got to see and do more than I ever imagined. Today as I drive out of the city at 5pm a little piece of my heart will be left behind...and it will stay here until I am able to return again to reclaim it. It is only then that my heart will feel complete!
VIVA Argentina!
Chau mi Buenos Aires querido, ha estado asombroso, nunca me olvidare. Hasta pronto!
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