*sigh*… I am getting horrible at updating! You think I would have more time for myself from going to living with 3 other people to living by myself, but nope…life is busier than ever, but I love it.
I work 14 hour days (literally), but I love it. Last year I probably couldn’t have done that…..
That’s what I have learned recently. BALANCE IS THE KEY TO LIFE. You can still have fun, do everything that you want to accomplish, and still have fun! It’s like everyday is a ticking clock (*tick tick tick tick*), and you have 24 hours to do something. I’m sure most of my family realizes this because we’re super overachiever Karls and are older than I am, but that’s okay. It’s nice to confirm what we know. So as long as you’re giving 110%, everything will be fine.
In other news, I got an email from my last semester Abnormal Psychology professor asking if I wanted the opportunity to become an undergraduate research assistant. My decision is still pending, but it’s great to get an unsolicited email from someone much wiser and knowledgable than yourself asking for you to help them in their efforts. My-age friends are telling me to take it because he’s only 30, been to Australia, and really cute. haha. (oh, the logic behind that!) His link is http://www.uh.edu/anxiety/who.htm if any are interested). I hear he is great to work with from talking to other past students who worked in the lab with him, so who knows? I could be on a new abstract for the National Institute of Mental Health. My only crossroad (decisions! decisions!) if is this time would thrwart my efforts for pharmacy. The research experience is invaluable though. I am very interested in the topic that is being researched (panic disorder and cognitive behavorial therapy). I am still in the decision process, so who knows? Only time will tell.
As I look back a year, I laugh. Things change drastically, and I love it. I love the fact how much people, situations, places, things change. Example: Last year I was in glorious College Station, TX taking a class that didn’t transfer and Electric Circuit Theory (eeeek!), a class which I despised and maybe even the impetus for FINALLY changing majors into something I have a REAL passion for.
I think that’s why life is so wonderful and sometimes, so horrible. (Just a perspective) You can predict where you will be in a year, but YOU DON’T REALLY know. We could all die tomorrow.
God, I feel so naive while I’m writing this for my family who is much wiser and knowledgable than I am. Although, I am not afraid to admit that I will make mistakes and because of my comparable age, I am more naive. I hope though that most of you will read this and laugh and remember “what it used to be like.” and glad that you’re “not like that anymore.” Oh, the irony!
Well, besides that whole balance thing, I have to have pictures to make me happy. I need to have a digital camera or dSLR camera to keep me happy as well. You HAVE to document your memories. I probably take too many pictures, but I don’t mind. It’s better to have and hold then never to have seen at all. (omg. sorry. I’m too corny.) But seriously, I love pictures!