Prologue (ish)

I've never liked that idea that you're expected to decide what you want to do for the rest of your life when you're young. Benajmin Button never had that problem. What's the point of being old and wise if all of the decisions that you need wisdom for are already made?

I guess I would describe my last semester of college as a quarter life crisis. I thought I wanted to go to grad school, but got rejected from my top 2 schools. Instead of admitting defeat I set my sights on Americorps, hoping not to face more rejection. In the thick of applying to service positions all across the country, I got a hail mary pass from grad school. I was accepted into an Educational Policy and Planning program, which was just what I wanted! ....a month ago. I couldn't picture myself there anymore. The idea of being in school for 2 more years made me cringe (and yawn a little bit). Don't get me wrong, I've always loved school, but it just wasn't enough anymore. I wanted adventure and excitement! My definition of which, apparently, is a low paying national service job (whatever gets you through the day, right?).

So I declined the grad school offer and continued in my pursuit of an Americorps VISTA position. After many interviews, some good, some bad, some ugly (like that awkward moment when my response to "how would you discipline your team members?" was "ummm....I don't believe in disciplinary actions for people who make mistakes") I finally got my dream position as a Community School Outreach Coordinator! "Umm....whats that?" is what you just thought, right? Well basically I'm working for a local non-profit and recruiting and organizing volunteers for after school programs at 3 elementary schools, among other things. I love the way "fighting poverty through education" sounds, maybe I'll put that in my facebook job description?

So next week I'm moving 300 miles away from home to live with some fellow VISTAs and hopefully make a difference in the world! And in case you haven't gathered this from all of the exclamation points, I'm super excited about it!