cubicle

I'll be honest . . . I completely forgot I created this blog for a class. It's pretty entertaining to look back on my previous life as a junior in college and see what aspirations I had then about how my life was going to turn out after college.

You know those people who say "Enjoy college! Its the best years of your life!" Well, I don't know if that is necessarily true, but as I look around my blue and tan cubicle decorated with ad sizes, fonts, extensions and calendars, I realize this. is. my. life. I spend every day staring at a computer screen in a cubicle. How funny is it that in 2006, I said "I also don't want to sit in a cubicle all day working with graphics" Ha, I just have to laugh at myself here because that is EXACTLY what I do. How ironic.

The thing that has saved me is that I love my coworkers. We all get along fabulously and since all of my friends graduated and my boyfriend moved 4.5 hours away, they are the people I call for a big night out on the town. I live life for the weekends now when I used to live it for every day. And now that I pay all my own bills, those big nights out are few and far between, so my idea of a big night is $3.99 wine and a good book I borrowed from a friend. Pathetic, right?

I was thinking the same thing. So, I think its time for a change. I may not be able to change the fact that I work in a cubicle every day because I'm still living paycheck to paycheck. I also cannot change the fact that I'm still in Chapel Hill, even though I graduated over a year ago. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE Chapel Hill. But I'm ready to get out of my comfort zone. Go somewhere new, live outside of North Carolina, get back to living life in the moment.

That's not gonna happen overnight. Or maybe even in the next year. But, never underestimate how changing your attitude can change your life. I am constantly worried about money and having money in my savings for emergencies. . . . So I'm declaring a state of emergency, my life has become mundane and half of those funds are now available for adding a little excitement in my life. I'm gonna plan a trip to NY to visit my best friend, and a trip to Vegas to celebrate FINALLY being able to go to the bar legally with my love and lastly, I want to go on a Bahamas cruise, so I'm doin it. I'm breakin out of the business casual, and trading it in for a hot dress and stilettos. (Obviously not at work, but definitely for those rare nights out)

Bring it life, I'm ready