November 2, 2005

• It's been a week since the GMAT, and I've had some time to do some thinking as to what I want to do with my life/career.  Looks like Plan A is out the door.  Plan A being going back to school next year.  Plan B is applying for Fall '07 and if that fails, then Plan C will be just keep on working and trying to find an industry job or a job at another consulting firm.  Talking to cvu last night, we both realized how much we don't like our respective professions.  She's not cut out to sit in a courtroom all day, and I'm not cut out sitting at a desk doing IT consulting.  She'd rather do something like being an interior designer, and I'd rather do something marketing and/or strategy related.  I don't think I've learned that much in the past few years working at my present company, but my present project might allow me to leverage some of the experience to help grow another area of our business out on the West Coast.  If not, then most likely I'll test the market and see what other jobs are out there.  Perhaps I'll get a job with a company where I can eventually bring cvu in as in-house counsel. 

  
  

  It seems like so many of my friends are not happy with their jobs, and the only thing keeping them there is the money.  I can tell you that's one of the main reasons I'm staying is that I save quite a bit not having to pay rent and traveling city-to-city living in a hotel.  It's not where I thought I'd be at this point in my life.  Well, I'll admit I really didn't know where I'd be at this point in my life.  For the most part, I've been happy this year with everything that's happened with the only thing that's brought me down is my job.  That was the main reason I decided to reapply to school and get my MBA, but those plans will have to be put on hold at least for another year.  At least the 5-year plan is still intact.

  
  

  We aren't getting any younger, and it seems that the older we get the faster time goes by.  Can you believe that 2005 is almost over?  Time's flown by so fast this year.  It's not to say that I wasn't extremely happy this year, but it just seems that we need to make the most of the time that's given to us.  I don't want to look back and say that I didn't live how I wanted to live or do what I wanted to do and regret losing out on some of the most precious years of my life.  There's no time like your 20s, and the older you get, the harder is to make friends or do some of things that you might have wanted to earlier in your life because of the committments that you have later on.  As to what I want to do with my life and my career?  That remains to be seen but as for now, I'm taking it a day at a time and waiting to see what happens next.  Hopefully though, it brings me one step closer to some of my goals.

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