Monday, July 23, 2012

Notes To Self

The past 7 months has taught me a few things. In that time I've landed my dream job, quit my first almost real job to move for dream job, moved from New Jersey to Florida, got my first apartment, bought my first mattress (still waiting to purchase something to get it off the ground,) cooked a couple full meals, and ran around a new town to tell other people's stories. In that time I've learned a few things:

1. Never ever, ever do a story on pit bulls in the south. You will be ridiculed for your content, told that you're making a bully out of the animal, told that you're a liar, that your facts are incorrect--no matter that the police corroborate the story, and don't worry about how many times you try to defend yourself, it won't change a single thing. Never do a pit bull story in the south unless the pit has saved someone's life.

2. You never know how much you can get done under pressure. No, seriously. Today I wrote a package and 2 VOBs, edited them, picked out my soundbites and put it all together in one hour. You might not know what any of that means, but understand that it means I hustled like crazy…and I almost died, or at least passed out, somewhere along the way. That takes some sort of determination or craziness or drive or pressure. I'll say I have a solid mix of the 4.

3. Life comes at you fast…deal with it. I never imagined I'd have so many friends getting married, engaged, or having babies at this point in time. I mean, we just graduated from college last year--but it feels like it was much longer ago. 2011 feels like a distant memory and that actually scares me, but rather than sit and be terrified of what's to come, I better buckle down and buckle up and prepare for all the crap that's going to be hitting me.

4. I look damn good. Sorry, I just had to remind myself of that--personal issues that make that difficult to remember sometimes, so…I had to say something about it.

5. You won't get everything right…ever. But the best fall back option is to do your best at all times, because even if you were wrong, and didn't realize it, at least you know you tried your hardest.

6. Sometimes it IS best to just keep your mouth shut. This is a lesson I'm learning from practice. Who knew all the advantages to being a relatively closed book? Not I. I spent all this time being open only to realize life is a tad bit better when you learn to keep certain details with certain people you actually trust. What's better? Knowing when to keep your mouth shut and when to open it. I feel like this has been an effect of Twitter on my generation. We're so used to blabbing about any and every minuscule we just blab everything as a matter of habit. That's a bad habit people.

7. No matter how a day may be, there is always tomorrow, you will get past your failures, and you will move onto something bigger, better and brighter. Pretty much my life motto for the rest of…life.
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