The Real World

I remember when I was in college and I couldn't WAIT to graduate. I was tired of having to go to class all day, and then having to study for exams, write papers, etc. I was just waiting for graduation to roll around so I could enjoy my last summer break before I entered the working world full-time, and became a full-fledged adult.

Afterall, being an adult is much easier than being a student (or so I thought). You just show up to work on-time everyday, do your job for 8 hours, then leave and do whatever you want to do in the evenings. No classes to attend, no group projects, no studying, nada. And you get a nice paycheck.

Yes, as hard as it is to believe, I was really looking forward to "just" working everyday, instead of being a student.

So it's been four years since I've graduated and thus four years of working...My first job out of college ended abruptly after about 6 months because my employer and I couldn't see eye to eye on ANYTHING. But I won't get into that story right now.

So I've been with my current employer for almost 3 years. My job has gotten slightly more "advanced" from when I first started, but I'm still doing the same basic unchallenging work. I can't complain since I'm paid pretty well and I get great benefits. But I often feel like I'm wasting the best years of my life in a cubicle.

So I guess this is what they call a Quarterlife Crisis?

I have a friend who has switched jobs three times in the past year or so...so at least I'm not alone.

Sometime last year, I realized just how monotonous my life has become. For five days out of the week, I get up at the same time, get dressed, leave, drive through traffic, sit at my desk for 8 hours and then go home. By the time I'm off work I'm too tired to really do anything. So I look at TV for awhile and then go to bed.

Back when I was in college, after the school day was over, there were still plenty of activities to participate in during the evenings, and I was never so Tired.

I feel like an old lady.

I thought that maybe I was just bored with my job, so I went job hunting, went on a couple of interviews and was even offered another position. But I thought about it and realized that another job wouldn't solve my problems, because after a couple months, I would probably be just as bored and confused as I am know.

I know there has to be more to life than working 40 hours a week for 40 years and then retiring, right?

I mean, I've seen and heard of other people who travel and shop and do other fabulousness all day...I want to be like that too. Do you have to be born with a large trust fund in order to do it?

So my quest for 2008 is to read up on some truly fabulous people who don't spend all their time chained to a desk, and find a way to live a life that actually excites me.

What's sad is that even though I've been out of school for a while now, I still have no idea what I want to spend my time doing...

I need a life coach.