it feels...

I am meeting with my advisor tomorrow morning at 7:30 am (Friday), at which time I will be backed into a corner of decision... school starts Monday and Andy (my advisor) wants a decision as to what my "OFFICIAL MAJOR" will be and where I'm headed if climbing the "Corporate Ladder" is no longer my chosen path...

drum roll please... "IT'S ONLY THURSDAY MORNING, NOT THE USUAL 13TH HOUR OF WHEN MOST OF MY DECISIONS ARE MADE AND I HAVE MADE A DECISION"...applause

insert...sounds of shock...gasp...

My road to self discovery is lined with people who have made this decision process challenging, eye-opening, and totally amazing, so thanks to you all for helping me figure out who/what I really want to be!

Now for the moment you've all been waiting for...

I'm going to be an ARTIST when I grow up... that's right, I'm going to leave behind the suits and schedule for comfy clothes (see future nominee for "what not to wear") and a life that is mine to do with how I choose. I'm thinking that my accounting background, will take the "starving" part out of the equation...

I registered myself for an Art History class and a 2 Dimensional Design class which will begin next week, so I'll keep you posted on how my new path is twisting & turning.

...so good to know where I'm headed & to feel peace about heading there...

Am I having a "quarter-life" crisis?

If I live to be 100, a quarter of my life has come and gone & while I have plenty to show for it I also realize I am still basically a toddler where this "grown-up" thing is concerned. I enjoyed my first 25 years without a care in the world. I have been successful at most everything I have attempted... At 27 I have had some great opportunities placed before me. I have had atleast 20 jobs since I started working at 13, and a couple have been jobs I could have built a career around, as I was making a good living; but there is always this snag in the plan... I get BORED... As I round the corner into my 30s I need a challenge; plain and simple... nothing has ever challenged me enough to stick with it. I am not saying that I have mastered everything I have tried to this point; I lose interest long before the point of mastery is even in sight. What is wrong with me? I have been so blessed by knowing that I could accomplish anything and everything I try, but that is also my biggest "skeleton in the closet". At what point do you just pick a career and do whatever it takes to be successful toward that end? As frustrated as I am currently about my lack of decision in this sea of endless possibility, I hope to never settle for a career or LIFE for that matter that is just that "a settlement", when I could have achieved so much more had I just continued the path of challenge and uncertainty toward the "unnamed goal". I would like to name this aforementioned "unnamed goal", but for now it will have to remain nameless. I'm open to suggestions at this point...

Tag # 1

5 things on my to do list 1. organizing our closet 2. organizing our garage 3. painting my toes 4. cutting trav's hair 5. passing my math class!! 5 snacks I enjoy 1. pretzels & peanut butter 2. celery & peanut butter 3. peanut butter m&ms 4. cookie minster ice cream from coldstone 5. raw almonds 5 things I would do if I were suddenly a billionaire 1. pay more taxes... 2. pay off our student loans, house & car 3. buy a resturant franchise for our kids to run, so they can learn the value of money & work (i really do plan to do this when we have teenagers; Pita-Pit would be my choice) 4. see my mommy & daddy all the time 5. travel 5 places I have lived 1. Moscow, Idaho 2. Mesa, AZ 3. Moscow, Idaho 4. Phoenix, AZ 5. Mesa, AZ 5 Jobs I have had 1. Ted's Burger Express 2. High School Basketball Ref 3. Boys & Girls Club Athletic Director 4. Paradise Valley Comm. College Cashier's Office 5. Accounting Assistant 5 things most people don't know about me 1. I went to beauty school 2. I group all my french fries by length before I eat them 3. I make Travis kiss me in even numbers, so 1 kiss is actually 2 and so on... 4. I love to organize and clean5. my little sister and I have the same birthday 7 years apart; I was 1 1/2 months overdue & kaleigh was 3 weeks early 5 bad habits 1. cutting my own hair 2. going to bed too late & sleeping until the last possible minute 3. starting too many projects at once; multi-tasking is one thing... 4. procrastinating the most important to-dos, so I can do things that didn't even make the list 5. eating all the no preparation needed foods in the house, so I don't have to cook (yogurt, fruit, cereal, etc.) people I tag...Shalene & Anna