I posted a couple of months ago with a list of goals. This is a brief update on my progress with them.
1. Apply to 5 jobs each week. Follow up with every application that I have a contact for.
This is no longer a goal, as I have found a full-time, salaried position at a great company. It only took... a year and two months. Yikes.

2. Dedicate ( Read more... )

I am fairly confident that nearly every person I once "knew" on here has either a) deleted their account and moved to a more modern blogging platform, b) simply stopped updating, or c) removed me as a friend - which is actually fair since I so rarely update mine ( Read more... )

This is mostly for my own benefit, but if anyone reads this please let me know and help hold me accountable!

I'm trying to slowly build better habits. I'm taking each of the following goals and making it my focus for 1-2 weeks, then adding another to focus on.

1. Apply to 5 jobs each week. Follow up with every application that I have a contact ( Read more... )

And oh, how it seems job hunting will never end. I continue on. I've increased my goal to 10 positions applied to per week, and I've firmly vowed to myself that I'll follow up with every submission from now on out. So far, I've had two interviews, and a third interview offer I have yet to confirm with the HR director of a law firm that I've been ( Read more... )

I'm lucky enough to have an incredible source of inspiration in my life. I live with someone who is driven, resourceful, and basically the perfect example of how to be an adult. He doesn't waste time feeling sorry for himself. He's a planner, and constantly working to make our lives better ( Read more... )

I have not had too many good days lately ( Read more... )

I walked to the big gay pet store this morning - that would be the Pet Value on Charles Street, christened "the big gay pet store" by Kevin because it's in the heart of Mt. Vernon and excessively staffed by handsome gay men. I say excessively because at any given time the ratio of staff gays to customers is about 4:1. It's also excessively neat, ( Read more... )

We have an art book in the house with photographs of Banksy's work. I've found myself turning to it more and more lately in a search for inspiration. One of his more famous pieces is of a girl with an outstretched arm, reaching toward a heart-shaped balloon that is floating away. It's so simple My title of this post is the caption he adds in his ( Read more... )

Man, I hardly ever update this anymore, but I still read all of your posts, you few on my friends list. I always say that I'm going to start writing more, and talk about how it relieves so much stress, how it's so nice to have a [semi-]creative outlet, etc.

It's time to stop talking and just start writing.

What is there to say? Life is good. Even ( Read more... )

Mrs. Nash died on Friday morning. She was a close family friend, our across-the-street neighbor growing up, and basically an adopted grandmother to my brother, sisters and me. The funeral was yesterday. She was so important to us. My brother and sister flew home from California and Florida, and my entire family plus Kevin were there to say our last ( Read more... )