Plans and things…

So first of all, thanks to all you who replied to my last post. I’m glad it resonated/touched/helped people.

I’m very close to being done at Mac. I can taste it. And while I’m really not done and I should likely focus on the last few assignments I will have to do for my BA, I’m trying to figure out where I will be living in less than two months, and I’m trying to figure out what I will be doing with my time. My brother posted something on his blog a week or so ago that really resonated with me. He just got accepted to law school and he’s having trouble focusing and getting motivated to finish some of the things he’s working on now. It’s hard to live in the present when you’re planning your future. This is part of the reason I left one of my jobs (a falafel place), because it was stressing me out and not bringing in that much money. I probably could have used the extra dollars but I’m just not there right now.

I’m spending a lot of time checking things out on craigslist, looking for a place to live and checking out the jobs too. I have emailed a couple people about housing but it’s hard to really find a place when I’m not in the city yet. I’ve been updating my LinkedIn profile with help from Chris Penn, but being busy with school and catching up on hours at my job at the library, it’s hard to sit down and get it all done. I’m almost there though.

I’ve been thinking about what I might like to do. Chris was suggesting some things I could put in the “specialties” category, unfortunately none of them are really capabilities I have. I’m really not all that tech-savy. I’m much more of a user than a creator. But that got me thinking about a comment someone made (I don’t remember exactly who, but I believe it was someone at podcamp TO) about my feedback being useful as someone who doesn’t actually podcast, but who is a part of the community. I tend to do that a lot. I have no musical talent whatsoever, but I often voice my opinions to Jay and the others about Uncle Seth and things I think work for them or don’t. And they seem to take my suggestions to heart. I think a lot of that has to do with the fact that I’ve been around them for long enough that I know their sound and they trust me. I’m good at helping others flesh out their work and getting people to their full potential. So, I was thinking maybe something along the lines of a tester or editor or something.

Other things I would like to focus on/get done:

- doing the readings I signed up for on LibriVox. I still need to figure out how to get a cleaner sound when recording with this mic. Like I said, not all that tech-savy.

- make up the midterm I missed due to panic attack last week which was caused by caffeine withdrawl and sleep deprivation… 5 cups of coffee and 6 hours of sleep and I have a panic attack? Rubish, I say.

- spend more time with le boy, but he is just as, if not more busy than I am. Weekend maybe?

- finish reading the various books in my pile and maybe get some new ones. If I can afford them.

- get a hair cut!

- go swimming or go for a run. This one is actually doable in the near future. Gotta have at least one of these on the list.

- go to bed. Check. Night blogsphere!