Today, I came to a crossroads. Last week as I was sitting around doing nothing but watching videos, surfing the web, and reading all day long while trying to figure out how to make my next big move (referenced as such simply to show that I am coming to certain crossroads in life, and I am unsure what road to travel).
Mid-week approached and I was confronted by a business that was interested in employing me, sitting down with me to discuss the connection (if any), show me around the area, and the office. I was also informed that a temp. job that I was to receive was given to five others, yet by the end of the week I am being emailed regarding employment because another employee had to back out. I should add that the interview (or meet-in-greet) will be taking place on Monday, all the while the temp. agency wants me to start on Tuesday and commit to at least six weeks of work.
The inevitable and final equation derived from this mess of options (all good I am may, at least in the idea that I will actually be earning enough money to pay for the bills that I have due) is that long term option plus possible (or more than likely) employment is greater than short term guaranteed employment. Any one can disagree with this statement, or rather say that they would take one and then if they get the other quit the one they had been working.
When I think about who I am, the profession I'm involved with, and the ideals I want to hold forbid me to withhold such damaging information. These last few weeks have been amazing in the personal growth, awareness of who I am from writing these short tid-bits concerning my life and my thoughts.
I am sure that soon I will be speaking about new adventures and encounters as I begin my assent into the world.
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Determination & Motivation
The two words that I have chosen to enumerate the title of this blog post are determination and motivation. The reason that these words have grabbed my attention, not only today but almost every day for the last month or so, is due to my current situation within life. I am no longer stuck in a limbo type of a situation; however, I find myself confused and lost as I move forward with my life.
If you've read my bio, for this blog, you will notice that I am a practicing attorney. I have not been licensed for very long, and during the time that I was waiting to see if I would actually join this gentleman's club I found myself feeling very similar to the way I am feeling now. It's different now because I no longer have that hurdle to overcome, yet now I have to find out a way to make myself known while attempting to keep my bills in order with no real income being generated. Therefore, I am faced with a new challenge, something I've never faced before.
At this point, you're probably wondering what my objective with today's post is. Honestly, I too am wondering that same thing as I type each individual word and how I will tie it together with my overall theme of determination and motivation. I have always been determined in whatever it is I do, mainly because I only do things that I truly want to do. This plays well with the motivational aspect needed in life due to the idea that when you are determined to accomplish something the motivation seems to follow from those acts that allow you to accomplish your goals.
I suppose the point of this short comment is that we as individuals are constantly changing, evolving, and growing. As our lives change and as we grow things within life are looked at differently, which can change those ideals of determination and motivation. Meaning that, what once motivated us now seems to bore us, and thus in-turn decreases our determination of accomplishing the task at hand. Being that I am in a moment of change, with regards to my life, I want to say one thing: never give up and never settle for something you don't want.
I have been through a lot in the short time that I have been on this earth, yet still have a lot to learn; however, the one thing that I have never forgotten and still believe to this day is that if you want something bad enough you and the universe will find a way to make it happen. You have to keep at it, keep digging, and keep waking up every single day ready to take on the world. When you are determined to do something motivation will appear. It is the determination of life that prospers the motivation to accomplish anything.
This may be an illogical fallacy (or post ergo proctor hoc, as we lawyer like to say), but I dare you to try something. Try something that you have yearned for, for years, and see if you will not find a way to obtain that "something." If you don't or can't then I was wrong, but if you do then I was right. Either way you are living and learning the meaning to your existence.
Good day to all.
If you've read my bio, for this blog, you will notice that I am a practicing attorney. I have not been licensed for very long, and during the time that I was waiting to see if I would actually join this gentleman's club I found myself feeling very similar to the way I am feeling now. It's different now because I no longer have that hurdle to overcome, yet now I have to find out a way to make myself known while attempting to keep my bills in order with no real income being generated. Therefore, I am faced with a new challenge, something I've never faced before.
At this point, you're probably wondering what my objective with today's post is. Honestly, I too am wondering that same thing as I type each individual word and how I will tie it together with my overall theme of determination and motivation. I have always been determined in whatever it is I do, mainly because I only do things that I truly want to do. This plays well with the motivational aspect needed in life due to the idea that when you are determined to accomplish something the motivation seems to follow from those acts that allow you to accomplish your goals.
I suppose the point of this short comment is that we as individuals are constantly changing, evolving, and growing. As our lives change and as we grow things within life are looked at differently, which can change those ideals of determination and motivation. Meaning that, what once motivated us now seems to bore us, and thus in-turn decreases our determination of accomplishing the task at hand. Being that I am in a moment of change, with regards to my life, I want to say one thing: never give up and never settle for something you don't want.
I have been through a lot in the short time that I have been on this earth, yet still have a lot to learn; however, the one thing that I have never forgotten and still believe to this day is that if you want something bad enough you and the universe will find a way to make it happen. You have to keep at it, keep digging, and keep waking up every single day ready to take on the world. When you are determined to do something motivation will appear. It is the determination of life that prospers the motivation to accomplish anything.
This may be an illogical fallacy (or post ergo proctor hoc, as we lawyer like to say), but I dare you to try something. Try something that you have yearned for, for years, and see if you will not find a way to obtain that "something." If you don't or can't then I was wrong, but if you do then I was right. Either way you are living and learning the meaning to your existence.
Good day to all.
Friday, November 25, 2011
Even though I am a lawyer, I work a part-time job at a mall selling men's clothing in order to pay my bills. I worked last night and today (Black Friday), which I should add is not the first one that I have been a part of. However, it still amazes me how many people spend an entire night and morning shopping (in hopes of finding great deals).
I will say this much, some places do not give you a deal. Yes, they provide you with a percentage off, but that percentage is the typical (maybe worse) than the normal deals that the store provides on a daily basis. This can be referred to as price gouging. For example, say you go to an outlet store (or mall) and you see their discounts for Black Friday, many times these discounts are not all that great. I will admit that during specific hours those deals are fabulous and better than any other time during the year. However, beyond those first few hours, they are nothing more than a price masked in a fair discount.
I only make these comments to bring together my main concern or annoyance with all this Black Friday hoopla. Why is it necessary to be up all night and all day in order to save some money. Maybe it should be considered black November, or December, in order to allow the chaos that is Black Friday to stop. Yes, it brings in large amounts of cash for businesses, but in reality it simply means they sell more product due to the discounts that they are providing. But why is it necessary to do this for a single day? People are crazy and idiotic when it comes to deasl (sorry to insult those that may fall in this category, but its the truth).
I am always on the look out for good deals, but I fail to see the reasoning to do what people do in order to obtain that discount. Sitting outside a story for hours, standing in line for the same period, and dealing with all the other shoppers in the world is just insane.
I suppose that I am writing this because I am on the other side of the coin when it comes to these types of days (at least for the time being), but I really have never understood the point. I would say that it's a female thing, but even the males jump in with both feet and attempt to shop till they drop. How about you spend the day with your family, go for a hike, an adventure, or something that doesn't involve obtaining material possession.
With that said, maybe that is my point. We as individuals focus so much on what we have, what we can obtain, and what we can afford. It's sad that clothes, videos, etc. are more important than simply experiencing a true adventure (such as traveling across the world). Luckily, some people are able to enjoy all of this no matter what day they go to buy that discounted coat or television. I am not that person, and if I was, I would still not be out there on Thanksgiving night or even Black Friday, attempting to get those special (sometimes idiotic) markdowns.
For those of you who did go out and take on the crowds, was it worth it? Or did you simply feel the need to follow the rest of the world as they were herded down the aisles by corporate america?
I will say this much, some places do not give you a deal. Yes, they provide you with a percentage off, but that percentage is the typical (maybe worse) than the normal deals that the store provides on a daily basis. This can be referred to as price gouging. For example, say you go to an outlet store (or mall) and you see their discounts for Black Friday, many times these discounts are not all that great. I will admit that during specific hours those deals are fabulous and better than any other time during the year. However, beyond those first few hours, they are nothing more than a price masked in a fair discount.
I only make these comments to bring together my main concern or annoyance with all this Black Friday hoopla. Why is it necessary to be up all night and all day in order to save some money. Maybe it should be considered black November, or December, in order to allow the chaos that is Black Friday to stop. Yes, it brings in large amounts of cash for businesses, but in reality it simply means they sell more product due to the discounts that they are providing. But why is it necessary to do this for a single day? People are crazy and idiotic when it comes to deasl (sorry to insult those that may fall in this category, but its the truth).
I am always on the look out for good deals, but I fail to see the reasoning to do what people do in order to obtain that discount. Sitting outside a story for hours, standing in line for the same period, and dealing with all the other shoppers in the world is just insane.
I suppose that I am writing this because I am on the other side of the coin when it comes to these types of days (at least for the time being), but I really have never understood the point. I would say that it's a female thing, but even the males jump in with both feet and attempt to shop till they drop. How about you spend the day with your family, go for a hike, an adventure, or something that doesn't involve obtaining material possession.
With that said, maybe that is my point. We as individuals focus so much on what we have, what we can obtain, and what we can afford. It's sad that clothes, videos, etc. are more important than simply experiencing a true adventure (such as traveling across the world). Luckily, some people are able to enjoy all of this no matter what day they go to buy that discounted coat or television. I am not that person, and if I was, I would still not be out there on Thanksgiving night or even Black Friday, attempting to get those special (sometimes idiotic) markdowns.
For those of you who did go out and take on the crowds, was it worth it? Or did you simply feel the need to follow the rest of the world as they were herded down the aisles by corporate america?
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Welcome.
This is the second blog that I have created in the last month, and the reason for this is because I find myself straying from the point of my first creation. Sometimes, I feel like writing, but not in the legal, political, or "newsworthy" sense (which I use lightly because "news-worthy" is very ambiguous if not vague). In those times, my writing turns more into reflection, and thus there is nothing that I have read or come across in my daily exploration of what is happening in the world which should be displayed. This is only true for the purpose of originally creating it. Yet, that is why we have the ability to create many things, especially in the digital universe.
Therefore, I dedicate this blog, which will probably get or at least may be written in more than the other, to those days where my mind is not focused on a particular topic falling within the category that I consider "news-worthy." Because I have used this word twice and I have mentioned its vagueness quality, I should probably explain what I mean. When I think of something that is considered "news-worthy," I think of something that is "news" which is "worthy" to be publicized among the masses (hence the hyphen intentionally used to signify "news" that is "worthy" or "news-worthy").
To clarify or explain by example: Kim Kardashian (or anyone in her family for that matter) is not "news-worthy;" Michael Moore returning to Flint (to publicize his new book) is not "news-worthy," unless he is attempting to help its decapitated condition after he made millions telling its story of destruction; nor is any story about a famous person simply because they are famous, unless it would normally be considered a high-profile or malicious scandal that should fall under a "news-worthy" type report. For example, the Michael Jackson trial was an issue that should have been covered from state-to-state, and the reason for that, assisted suicide is a highly debated topic among doctors, lawyers, scholars, and the like. Now I'm not saying that it must only be important to the individuals that debate or speak of the topic, but we must always have extremes and that was one of them.
Sports in general are almost always "news-worthy" because of the audience, and the same goes with stars like Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Ashton Kutcher, etc. However, I myself do not consider that to be something worth covering and defacing televisions in order to maintain an audience or make money. Therefore, this blog is a place for me to vent about society, explore reflections with those that read these words, provide advice due to my own pitfalls and triumphs, and whatever else I feel like writing about. This blog really is the day in the life. We all have our days where we need to get something down and commingled with the earth, and this is my place.
I have fallen in love with blogging because it has made me realize just how nice it is to write words, reflect on those words, and then wait to see if someone else may or may not agree with what you have said. Many comments may or may not come, but I nonetheless have made a digital imprint in this vast world. I hope you enjoy my words, thoughts, and stories.
Therefore, I dedicate this blog, which will probably get or at least may be written in more than the other, to those days where my mind is not focused on a particular topic falling within the category that I consider "news-worthy." Because I have used this word twice and I have mentioned its vagueness quality, I should probably explain what I mean. When I think of something that is considered "news-worthy," I think of something that is "news" which is "worthy" to be publicized among the masses (hence the hyphen intentionally used to signify "news" that is "worthy" or "news-worthy").
To clarify or explain by example: Kim Kardashian (or anyone in her family for that matter) is not "news-worthy;" Michael Moore returning to Flint (to publicize his new book) is not "news-worthy," unless he is attempting to help its decapitated condition after he made millions telling its story of destruction; nor is any story about a famous person simply because they are famous, unless it would normally be considered a high-profile or malicious scandal that should fall under a "news-worthy" type report. For example, the Michael Jackson trial was an issue that should have been covered from state-to-state, and the reason for that, assisted suicide is a highly debated topic among doctors, lawyers, scholars, and the like. Now I'm not saying that it must only be important to the individuals that debate or speak of the topic, but we must always have extremes and that was one of them.
Sports in general are almost always "news-worthy" because of the audience, and the same goes with stars like Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Ashton Kutcher, etc. However, I myself do not consider that to be something worth covering and defacing televisions in order to maintain an audience or make money. Therefore, this blog is a place for me to vent about society, explore reflections with those that read these words, provide advice due to my own pitfalls and triumphs, and whatever else I feel like writing about. This blog really is the day in the life. We all have our days where we need to get something down and commingled with the earth, and this is my place.
I have fallen in love with blogging because it has made me realize just how nice it is to write words, reflect on those words, and then wait to see if someone else may or may not agree with what you have said. Many comments may or may not come, but I nonetheless have made a digital imprint in this vast world. I hope you enjoy my words, thoughts, and stories.
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