On the prospective future

Surely, it isn't possible to become jaded just two months after graduation! While I haven't lost my idealism just yet, I never realized how tough it is to make an impressive first step. Should we just grab the first job we can get our hands on? Should we patiently wait for that dream job that might arrive only God-knows-when? We all know one thing: never compromise happiness, and I think this is still possible.

I think the problem is that a lot of us, okay, I will just speak for myself. I expect too much for my first job. You know me, I'm addicted to responsibility. It makes me feel important. I know that's pretty flawed, but I'm working on it. ;) There's that dream of it being so... so... what's the word... meaningful. I mean, you work (ahem slave) in school for four or five years, and there's that image in your head that sort of keeps you going. And though that first job will not guarantee your own office with walls, you still have some idea of how it will be. How it will feel.

Then the balloon pops.

Or not. I guess I won't know 'til I get there.