Mini-Retirement, Anyone?

Why you are awesome, and so am I.

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This Person Is Crazy

I just found a page that gives advice to college graduates, which would be fine if it was helpful at all, but instead I found it unintentionally humorous.
The first decision to make after you graduate is pretty simple. What do you want to do with your life? Life after college can be difficult if you do [...]

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Commitment: Apartment Style

Let’s think about the amount of changes that could occur to a young person like yourself in 12 months.

You could get a haircut (although I hear the woolly mammoth look is in).
You could change careers/jobs/positions.
You could have a baby/get married/die/find $5 (let’s clump all those drastic life events together).
You could win the lottery or lose [...]

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Applying the Arts (Or Something Else with Alliteration)

Just because the rest of the world isn’t liberal artsy, doesn’t mean it can’t be spread to all aspects of your life.  This entry is to convince you of this.  So be prepared and hold steady for the ride of your life (and by life, I mean, this is probably a really lame metaphoric ride).
You [...]

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Getting Married Right After College

Directly after college, it seems that a large number of individuals feel the need to purchase jewelry.  I mean, why else would you get married right after college?  I understand that this need to purchase jewelry is great…people like shiny (how do you think Disco became so popular?), but for all of you thinking about purchasing jewelry immediately [...]

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Learning to Talk to Older Adults

Let’s paint a picture of life in college:  We’re all sitting around on a blanket in the middle of <insert your college campus>, talking about Nietzsche/Heidegger/Wordsworth/the importance of duct tape in a glue-less world…what have you.  It’s sunny, the world feels like it’s yours, and every word that comes out of your mouth is theoretical.  [...]

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Working on a Holiday

For all of you out there who are the lowest of the low at work, look forward to working on holidays.
You may have graduated with a 4.0 GPA in college, but that’s not going to pick the popcorn off the floor at your new “big person” job.
(The popcorn in question for this context is from [...]

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People Who You’ll Never Agree With

I’m sure it comes off as common sense that you’re going to meet a lot of people that think differently than you do in the world.  I’m sure you already have.  Maybe you’re even meeting them right now.  At this very moment.  Surprise!
But the thing is, these people with all of their different-ness seem to [...]

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Velcro: It’s like gasoline prices

Because yesterday’s post made it sound like life after college is meaningless without some great escape to another country, let me just clarify that there are many joys in growing older and graduating college.
The Big Bad List of Why You Should Love Life Without Textbooks:

You will never have to experience any more “silent hours” for final [...]

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Breaking The Monotony, Europe-style

If you’re reading this, you’ve most likely found yourself in a bored stupor, so you will know what I’m talking about in the next few paragraphs.  I’m talking about the absolute lost boredom that follows graduating college.
I’m sure we all feel it.  None of us want to grow up to be a UPS driver or [...]

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