About a month ago, I graduated from grad school. Because of how messy things were with trying to finish, I hadn't lined up anything for when I finished. I had to move back home for the first time in a over 8 years. It was weird for me, since I had basically been on my own for a long time.
On the drive to my parents' home, my car engine blew up. The car that I had gotten in high school, when I first gained the ability to call home and let us my parents know if I was spending the night by a high school friend. The car that drove me to college. The car that I used to visit friends who had been scattered across the US after. The car that I drove to my first job, every day to college, and that I took across the country one summer.
Losing that symbol of my independence was rough for me.
It made me doubt myself.
I had taken a step back and gone to live home for a while.
It almost made me feel helpless.
Sometimes things happen that put things like this in perspective.
I now realize that this is an opportunity to do what I had wanted to do anyway. Spend some time with my grandparents in their retirement. Help my parents around the house a bit. Explore non-academic interests. Think about the past couple years.
Nothing like a break to clear your head. And life popping up to remind you of the things that matter.
Edit: Bonus Comic!
Photo Credit: LKM PHOTOS
Lyric of the Day: Friendly Fires - Blue Cassette
"As I hear your voice,
It sets my heart on fire.
That with all the noise,
It sets my heart on fire."
On the drive to my parents' home, my car engine blew up. The car that I had gotten in high school, when I first gained the ability to call home and let us my parents know if I was spending the night by a high school friend. The car that drove me to college. The car that I used to visit friends who had been scattered across the US after. The car that I drove to my first job, every day to college, and that I took across the country one summer.
Losing that symbol of my independence was rough for me.
It made me doubt myself.
I had taken a step back and gone to live home for a while.
It almost made me feel helpless.
Sometimes things happen that put things like this in perspective.
I now realize that this is an opportunity to do what I had wanted to do anyway. Spend some time with my grandparents in their retirement. Help my parents around the house a bit. Explore non-academic interests. Think about the past couple years.
Nothing like a break to clear your head. And life popping up to remind you of the things that matter.
Edit: Bonus Comic!
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| The house always wins. The house being the inevitability of the universe. |
Lyric of the Day: Friendly Fires - Blue Cassette
"As I hear your voice,
It sets my heart on fire.
That with all the noise,
It sets my heart on fire."
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