Well welcome to my Halloween edition of my blog. This weekend I didn't really do anything fun and exciting, and no, there was no alcohol involved. Therefore, epic fail, as my peers would call it. But it brings me to my main question of the day and this past weekend. What do "kids" (Post-college professionals) do for socialization without alcohol? I'm having a hard time with this question, not only because of this wonderful Holiday season that is now upon us, but in general.
A little background for you. I was a nerd in college. And unfortunately not the kind of nerd who found friends and wonderful life-long similarities with other students in biology club, math team, or theater. I did Student Government and Dance Team. That had some of the biggest alcoholics I've ever seen, and yes that is in comparison with the athletes, but since I wasn't/ am not one, I was kind of left to fend for myself. So now what? Am I supposed to just assimilate to professional life and start pretending like I know how painful it is to write a check to the bank for my mortgage? Or what it's like to want to kill my children because they forgot to tell me about their D in Geometry?
I know that a lot of people may not have these problems and that age doesn't always matter, but I would like to be more social and am trying to just find a way to get a more social experience without becoming something I'm not.
Am I too young for a book club? Where the hell would I even find one of those? Other than my social anxiety, (Which I openly admit to and yes, I realize doesn't help this situation.) I also happen to come from a family that isn't very social. I'm really just kind of losing. My immediate family goes to work/school and then comes home. The end. While some days I love doing that because God knows I'm exhausted after 8.5 hours of work and another 4 hrs trying to get in and out of work and I just want to eat and die. But I want something exciting and something that would allow me to be more social.
So I pose this question to the internet at large. Any fun ideas about getting involved or finding others with similar interests?? Any one else have the same problem? Am I all alone? Any pointers, ideas, hell I would accept anyone's name and email address :-P Just figuring that someone out there might have a much larger clue than I.
'Till we meet again.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Welcome Back
So it's been quite a while since I've found that I have something to write here. I feel that I've grown much more over these past few months than I have in a while. I've finally moved onto a better job, one that most 20-somethings would fight me for as most the people I know in that demographic are unemployed... Works for me. But the question remains, what should I do with my future? I miss the cut-and-dry educational system, you do your work you pass, you move on. This whole real-world stuff is a bit of a shock to my system. So now the main question, do I want back into the educational system (By way of a Master's Degree/ PhD. ) Or do I need to remain in this working world. Or is the only practical answer a hybrid where I don't sleep for the next 10 years... The hardest part for me is just how sleep-deprived and family-deprived workers are. I work in a hospital, so I'm working along side certain men and women pulling 24 hour shifts. Or 12+ hours on a daily basis. I watch more people fall asleep on my shuttle to and from the train station, myself included. When is work too much? When does our relaxation actually get to happen? Even when we are given our measly 3 weeks, we either spend them with family, doing something that drives us crazy, or we are fixing things, moving, or other unpleasantness like my recent visit to the ER for surgery (Not at my place of business I might add). We, as Americans, have been groomed to feel superior, but do the Europeans have something, where they actually relax and take the time to form human connections and (gasp) enjoy themselves without becoming grade-A drunks in the process. As much as I love and appreciate my job, it just makes me wonder how we, as a civilization, will survive when we are slowly killing ourselves through work. (And this is without mentioning fast-food...) Just my thought for today... :) Hopefully, more to come.
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