Finding My Way Just Fine

I shouldn't be writing this post right now mainly because of the 30 foot list of other top priority things I should be doing. But hey, can you really blame me? I've got a good two weeks left until graduation. Yes, you read that right. Good ole' Carl is moving into the real world, real soon. The initial question I get asked these days are "What are you planning on doing after graduation?"  I usually reply with "That's a good question."…just kidding (kind of). What do I have planned after graduation? To be honest, nothing is concrete for me yet. Coming into my senior year of college I told myself I would start my job search early, which I did, but finding a job that fit me well proved to be no minuscule task. I've still got lots of possibilities up in the air for which path i'll take come after graduation. Possible paths include grad school, hiking the AT, and a few job opportunities mixed in. Anyone who has applied to a job before knows how long and daunting the process it can be. It can take a few short days or a few long months to hear back from a company. It just depends. So my waiting game continues. Last night, around 10:00pm I got back from a 3-day interview event in Maryland which included a tour of the company headquarters, 3 interviews and a final sales pitch. I'm thankful that throughout this life altering process that I have options instead of no job leads.


I scribbled down this half-thought through paragraph last March and just stumbled upon it as I was rediscovering my cherished blog. Ruffling through an old blog is a bit bittersweet for me.  It reminds me of picking up forgotten about books that have grown a thin layer of dust on them. While sifting through my published list of stories I came across the short post above, which was just an unfinished thought that eventually turned into an unworthy draft, until today. Fast forward to February 28th 2016. Almost a year later. Who could have guessed that the interview process I spoke about above would become my first big-girl job. It's kind of eerie actually.

You want to know where I've been, what I'm doing, and where I'm going? That makes two of us. Each answer is hard to pinpoint but I think I'm right where I'm suppose to be for this moment.  I've grown leaps and bounds as a professional in the marketing field since graduation and even more as an individual.  My confidence in what I do is high, yet my hunger to excel and learn more everyday is anything but stagnant.  The questions above don't have a direct answer, they'll most likely continue to be drafts in my long list of published posts and that's okay.

Finding my way just fine,

Carl