Pondering Career Choices Like any young person in their 20's, I'm starting to rethink my life. Where do we even begin? Let's start with my career. I'm about a year and a half into my job as an auditor and I'm starting to
what makes me confident i've spent 14 months 16 days and 4 minutes searching for this answer. i thought what made me confident was the repetition of doing scary things like approaching strangers and doing that over and over again. i thought it was just me. this 14 month old thought persisted
it all means nothing without them recently i've been drawing out my life. the drawing is supposed visualize my life. what i've accomplished, what i'm proud of, and hobbies that all come to create my identity. i've surrounded myself with these images and said "this is me&
i should take care of it this apartment is my own, i should take care of it this room is my own, i should take care of it these clothes are my own, i should take care of them this hair is my own, i should take care of it this career is my own, i
starting a gratitude journal to be happier (hopefully) in practice of being happier: today I felt like doing a gratitude journal of three things that I appreciated 1. I'm grateful for my roommate Anderson. Today after I got home from work, we talked like we always do. He was going on a run and I stayed
just do "the thing" this is a reminder for myself: just do the thing. what am i even talking about? if you've read any of my blog posts before, you'll know that I want three things: 1. Feel confident and secure 2. Build strong relationships 3. Create financial freedom This
my last hour of being 22 like the title suggests, it's 11pm on October 24th, 2023. in one hour, i'm turning 23 years old. truly crazy. i never thought about what life would be like at this age. every year, i try to accomplish at least one thing I'm proud
52-55: work, film, & ready to leave these past couple days have been chill. i finished my first week of work which was just a bunch of onboarding and training, which there is definitely more to come. i'm happy going into work and meeting new friends. on thursday, i sat in a conference room with
i'm rich i'm rich i have everything i've ever wanted i'm young and a college graduate i live in a nice apartment in new york city i have a beautiful family wonderful friends a well paying occupation and time for my hobbies and passions i have
51: first day today is my first day of work! i'm starting a position as an audit associate at FORVIS, a large public accounting firm. for those reading, companies hire accountants to do their accounting work and make their financial statements. Auditors (me) review those financial statements to make sure their
50: last day of unemployment i just wanted to keep it chill. as you can read, i start my first day tomorrow. exciting! after being unemployed for 6 weeks, I'm excited to make new friends and new money, obviously. after getting up and ready, i went to harlem to pick up a new
49: skatepark & delicious cookies i've learned another skill today: dropping in. today was not raining and humid, just humid. so it was a perfect day to go skate. i found a skatepark in brooklyn good for beginners so i headed over there in the morning. i pulled up to the skatepark and
48: american museum of natural history "why am i sweating?" i said this on my walk to the subway station to get to the american musueum of natural history. why did i say this? because it was pouring rain. i had an umbrella protecting me from an absolute downpour and i was sweating through
what it means to live a life A life that is full A life full of excitement Legend Fulfillment Courage Kindness And spreading it Being there for people And caring about others Going the extra mile Going out and sharing stories Being brave Going on adventures Facing adversity and smiling in front of others family friends committment
45, 46, & 47: exploration and skating i've been lagging on these bad boys but day 45 i accidentally went to brooklyn. here's how i was skating towards the water from home to practice some pivot turns with my right foot. as i was on my way, i found a bike path that
44: midtown midtown. where time square, my office, the second batch of pad thai i made and blxst's new song is. but in more positive news, i hung my pegboard today! i finally found a beam to screw it in and happy with the placement. we're improving the
44: failing i want to fail and i want to fail because i'm so scared of showing that i'm failing. one of the biggest areas in my life where i hold myself back is failing, and failing in front of others. in my mind, it's embarrassing.
43: fight? today we acquired some items this morning i picked up a nice looking office chair from a guy named Douglas off facebook marketplace who owned an interior design firm. that was pretty cool, i had a look into his office and was on my merry way with a chair and
41 & 42: putting the pieces together i also did not have wifi for these two days, so i'm writing this from day 43. the last two days haven't been hugely instrumental or groundbreaking in my new york city experience, but foundational. these past two days, anderson and i have been picking up
40: apartment additions i haven't had wifi for the last couple days and my hotspot was at it's limit so i'm posting this blog and two others today. i wrote this a couple days ago I honestly forget what I did today. It seemed like I did
39: beach day im going to keep this post short because i am quite tired this morning i woke up in the new apartment and listened to songs that reminded me of home, so i started missing home. this prompted me to go on an adventure: to rockaway beach. i wouldn't
38: first night at the apartment today we packed i woke up this morning and got to packing. today was the day we moved out of the sublease. i packed the rest of my belongings and made my way over to our apartment. this was around 10:00am and it was very hot yet again. i
37: 4th of july i slept well after the exhaustion of lugging that kitchen island all the way back to our apartment, i needed to just relax. i laid in bed, cozy as can be, while my forearms felt a soreness they have never experienced. i got up around 8:30 to bring most
36: defeated today i learned a valuable lesson. sometimes paying a little more is worth it. we'll get to that later. the day started with a nice slice of avocado toast and some grapes since they were 1.99 a pound. i had to make sure i was fueled up
35: move in! today is special. we got the keys to the apartment. but first, i woke up at 12:00pm since i stayed up late last night. i grabbed an avocado and mango for breakfast at the grocery store and started the day away from media. i then organized my things to
