Thinking outside the box

I'm trying to figure out where exactly I'm trying to get to.  It's hard to walk forward when you don't know where you want to end up.  As a result, I find myself looking in the most bizarre places for career ideas.  I legitimately had a moment where I wanted to become a clown with the cirucs.  Would it be cool?   Absolutely.  Is it realistic?  Not a snowballs chance in a warm place. 

There is an idea that I've been seriously kicking around for a while and that's to work for the forestry service.  But for meteorologists they want you to have some kind of experience dealing with wildfires.  And so...I'm thinking about spending this coming summer as a "hot shot" wildfire fighter to get that kind of training.  There's a course being offered over my fall break i in Colorado which would get me certified to do it.  It seems pretty legit, you can check it out.  It would be an expensive experiment, the course is about $390 plus airfare (I'd drive, but it's 11 hours). But what an experience it would be!    Anyone want to come with?

Maybe it's just this throw-caution-to-the-wind phase I'm going through.  Maybe that's how this inbetween time is suppossed to be.  Go big, make mistakes, find out what makes you happy.  So here's to having no idea but being willing to figure it out!

Reality check

In pursuit of getting somewhere from somewhere else there are moments when one has to realize where their feet are.  I had a high school teacher that would say to us, "Wherever you are, there you are".  I like to think of that as a reality check.

Check #1: College was not easy the first time I did it.  It hasn't gotten any easier in the 2 years I've been away from it.  Check #1.2, it may have actually gotten harder.

Check #2: There are no requirements for where one should be at a certain time in their life.  I would like to believe that at 24 years old I should not be still poor as dirt (slightly above I would hope), single, and living in my parent's basement.  There are no points for getting ahead early, you get there when you get there.

Check #3: Where you are is always going to be more important than where you've been or where you're going.  Because the here and now is the only thing we have any semblance of control over.

Check #4: No matter where you are, make sure you're there with people that have your back and make you laugh.  I know I definately am.