I know that I haven't posted in quite a while - I'm trying to figure out what to do with this site. My choices are either go to a new address and continue a blog that's essentially an outlet for whatever comes to my mind, or, I can stay at this address, cast greater anonymity to the wind, and make a more substantive (and more involved) piece of work. Considering that I'm becoming more and more interested in politics as of late, perhaps the latter is more appealing.
Does anyone out there have an opinion on this?
Jobs Just Doesn't Care Anymore
9.17.2006
7.22.2006
6.13.2006
Update, and a Move
Well, my life hasn't been too busy at all lately, although I'm happy to say I'm back on a workout regimen, and I'm losing my law school gut quite quickly. I'm still just trying to figure everything out with my life.
Otherwise, all the articles I keep reading about the government and employers checking up on blogs and personal sites has made me pretty paranoid. So, I think I'll be moving this blog any day now and making an anonymous one, so be sure to save the link when I do so.
Otherwise, all the articles I keep reading about the government and employers checking up on blogs and personal sites has made me pretty paranoid. So, I think I'll be moving this blog any day now and making an anonymous one, so be sure to save the link when I do so.
4.25.2006
Inspiration
Alright, alright, I'll accept your flattery, Bjorn and Diana, and keep posting. Honestly though, thank you for the kind encouragement.
I'm making some big life-changes while I figure out a way to do something that I actually enjoy in life, and I've had some good sources to help me figure that out, no matter how cheesy it may seem.
First, I've watched this commencement speech by Steve Jobs many times over the last month.
It is highly inspiring, and Jobs, as a very successful and admirable man, is worth listening to (plus, I'm a Machead, so what Jobs says, goes).
Here are my favorite quotes from the speech:
"Stay hungry, stay foolish."
Another site that's helped me a lot is one that I linked to a whileback, Barely Legal: The Blog. They've been recently running a hilarious/serious series called "Bad Reasons for Attending Law School", and sadly, I qualify for almost all of them. To all you who are thinking of law school, read these links, and please take them to heart.
Bad Reason for Attending Law School #1: “I don’t plan on ever practicing law, but having a JD looks good, right?”
Bad Reason for Attending Law School #2: “I have a worthless undergraduate degree”
Bad Reason for Attending Law School #3: "I want to work in a genteel profession"
Bad Reason for Attending Law School #4: "Law School is Prestigious"
Bad Reason for Attending Law School #5: "I got a good score on the LSAT"
Bad Reason for Attending Law School #6: “My parents pressured me into it”
Bad Reason For Attending Law School #7: “I want to make a difference in this world”
Numbers 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 (especially 6), and 7 were all essentially the reasons I went to law school. You may as well put those together and you'd have my personal statement for going to law school. Now I think it's time to make my own way, and take some roads a little less travelled.
Also, apparently I've had Mono for the latter half of this semester, which explains my recent total lack of energy or motivation. I assumed I was just depressed. At least it's good to know that I wasn't just being a slacker (although that's what I am right now while writing this entry).
I'm making some big life-changes while I figure out a way to do something that I actually enjoy in life, and I've had some good sources to help me figure that out, no matter how cheesy it may seem.
First, I've watched this commencement speech by Steve Jobs many times over the last month.
It is highly inspiring, and Jobs, as a very successful and admirable man, is worth listening to (plus, I'm a Machead, so what Jobs says, goes).
Here are my favorite quotes from the speech:
Of course, it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college, but it was very, very clear looking backwards ten years later. Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward, you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in the future. You have to trust in something: your gut, Destiny, Karma, whatever. Because believing that the dots will connect somewhere down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart even when it leads you off the well-worn path, and that will make all the difference.
I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You've got to find what you love, and that is as true for work as it is for your lovers. Your work is gonna fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work, and the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking, and don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it, and like any great relationship it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking, don't settle.
Another site that's helped me a lot is one that I linked to a whileback, Barely Legal: The Blog. They've been recently running a hilarious/serious series called "Bad Reasons for Attending Law School", and sadly, I qualify for almost all of them. To all you who are thinking of law school, read these links, and please take them to heart.
Bad Reason for Attending Law School #1: “I don’t plan on ever practicing law, but having a JD looks good, right?”
Bad Reason for Attending Law School #2: “I have a worthless undergraduate degree”
Bad Reason for Attending Law School #3: "I want to work in a genteel profession"
Bad Reason for Attending Law School #4: "Law School is Prestigious"
Bad Reason for Attending Law School #5: "I got a good score on the LSAT"
Bad Reason for Attending Law School #6: “My parents pressured me into it”
Bad Reason For Attending Law School #7: “I want to make a difference in this world”
Numbers 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 (especially 6), and 7 were all essentially the reasons I went to law school. You may as well put those together and you'd have my personal statement for going to law school. Now I think it's time to make my own way, and take some roads a little less travelled.
Also, apparently I've had Mono for the latter half of this semester, which explains my recent total lack of energy or motivation. I assumed I was just depressed. At least it's good to know that I wasn't just being a slacker (although that's what I am right now while writing this entry).
4.22.2006
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