JUST DO IT...

Ok Friends,

Some of us are having hard times in our lives or have some life changing decisions that we are facing. For most of us the choices are difficult and there is something or someone holding us back. Now is the time to be selfish, if you don't have anyone to look out for but yourself take advantage and do all the things you want to do while you can. Live the life you want to live so that later on in life there are no "what if's" and "I should have done that's". While it might be scary to move to a new city for a new job or new outlook on life it is also exciting at the same time. Think of all the new experiences you will have, the people you will meet and the opportunities that can come your way. And if you have someone in your life that is dragging you down or holding you back (a terrible boss or significant other) I say now is the time to tell them to F*** off too. We only have so much time to be selfish and do what we want as individuals before it becomes a "we thing" so do what makes you happy even if it scares the S*** out of you. This advice needs to be taken by myself as well. Maybe I will move to Vegas and make some crazy cash or maybe I will sign up for Americorps and let them send me wherever they need the most help. Bottome line is who knows what is in store for us but we have to be in charge of making the choices that create the best life for us. Live, Laugh, Love people!
* Alanna

Crazy Life

So my cousin who is also about to be 25 lives and works in Vegas. Must be a family thing because he also had no idea what he wanted to do with his life, he was just floating along, sometimes with the wrong crowd but he is finally getting it together. He got into a graphic design school in San Fran and starts in Feb! Two nights ago he was getting off work around 4am and his friend picked him up. They started racing another car and ended up crashing and killing a 31 year old man with two kids. The driver is in jail and is now on suicide watch, and my cousing is a wreck. This just goes to show I guess we can't take life for granted and that we need to appreciate everyday, even if we don't particularly like the situation we are currently in. Do something about it and make the most of life, sometimes it is shorter than we realize. Sorry for the Debbie Downer comment but I just felt the need to tell anyone who reads this.
*Alanna

Hhhmm

Ok I think I am narrowing down my choices on what to do next. I am going to apply to Teach for America and for the Americorps...did you know you can go to Puerto Rico, Guam or the Virgin Islands and it's not as long as the PeaceCorps?! I am also going to get a TESOL certificate. Maybe then I can live in Spain again where I can meet a Spanish prince and become royalty...or somewhere in South America, maybe I'll find the leader of a drug cartel (or not)! Grad school plans are on hold, why waste money and time on getting a degree that I am not sure I want. For now I am going to try to have a positive attitude about life and be happy for the things I have accomplished and the people in my life. Everything happens for a reason, and we have to keep living life to the fullest no matter what. I am excited for what's to come! I am still going to win $100,000,000 in the lottery too!
*Alanna

Insurance

So I have been freaking out because I am now too old to be on my parents insurance and have quit my job that gave me insurance. Right before I moved back to NM I decided to have one last check up...and shocker they found pre-cancerous cells!! They want me to get checked again in a few months but whaddyaknow my insurance is up as of 9/1! Now I can apply for COBRA and pay A LOT of money a month or I can apply for BCBS...I went for this option since it was cheaper. Now I have had several nurses call me and ask me the same questions over and over trying to catch me in a web of lies about whether I smoke/drink, how much I weigh, and if my previous conditions have been "resolved"...I say no and their tone immediately sounds disheartening...I sure hope I get some insurance and don't have to hang out at the free clinics or even worse become one of those toothless bag ladies (that might be a little dramatic) but just another lovely part of getting older!
*Alanna

Hey guys... so Olivia pointed out to me that other people can't post anything on this thing and that totally defeats the purpose. So we are going to figure out what to do about that. Anyway I tried to go out for a little while last night with some friends then realized, Oh yeah I have to wake up at 5:30 in the morning and it sucks. My job is for sure ruining my life. However, I did hear an interesting thought the other day. A job allows you to have the money to do the things that you do enjoy, so that is how I am trying to look at things. We'll see if that helps but my guess is no.
*Erin

Here I am... 25 and nothing too exciting to show for it. I'm not complaining or feeling sorry for myself, I just wish someone would have sat me down and told me what the "real world" was going to be like. You graduate from college with all these big ideas in your head about this big important fancy job your gonna get and how everything will just fall in place. Then BAM you're out there in the world and that big corner office you thought you were going to get is really just a cubicle in an office filled with a bunch of other people who thought their lives were going to go in a totally different direction too. Not to mention that when you graduate you have some sort of debt to pay off, whether it be loans or credit cards and that's there greeting you with a big F U! So do I keep this job I just got and deal with it and become a grown up or do I keep looking for what really makes me happy?

*Erin

First Post

Well, I am here in Albuquerque and still trying to figure out what to do. I have about a million ideas floating through my head with deadlines fast approaching and still no clear idea of what to do. I know I can't live with my dad forever so I better get my a$$ in gear and figure this next step out. Here are my ideas so far... 1. grad school (but which program, I don't want to be in grad school forever but I don't really want to go the next logical step of an MBA either), 2. get a TESOL degree and apply to teach in a foreign country, 3. apply to teach for america ( do I really want to sign my life to them for 2 years?), 4. apply to americorps (I like community service and this is only a 9-12 month committment), 5. move to Vegas in the summer and cocktail (will I end up an old wrinkly cocktail waitress with a smokers cough and bunions?)...can you see my dilemma? Can my sister please be a model already so I can be her bag lady...or can I please win that lotto!
* Alanna