Second Day!

Today is my second day of blogging.  While I fully don't expect to blog everyday, its always good to start strong, right?

So, a bit more about me.  I graduated this past May from a college in New York City.  All through high school and college I had a plan for my life: college, job in the big city doing something editorial, etc. etc.  Well, so far, I've got the college part down.  But with this whole recession thing, the big city job is a little slow in coming.  Thus, I find myself, five months later, living at home, waiting tables, searching every day for new jobs on the Internet.  It is starting to get a bit discouraging.  What happened to my plan?!?

I suppose, in some ways I've always been a planner.  I've always had an idea of how I'd like my life to go. So, in the long-term, I like to plan.  In the short-term, however, I am much more open.  Anyone close to me can tell you, I don't like making plans too far in advance.  Sure, we can hang out this weekend.  Oh, what time?  I don't really know, yet...Can I let you know?

Perhaps I should try to be a little more open to my career goals, a little less plan-y.  That way I will be less discouraged with this whole situation.  So, my NEW plan:  Plan less!  I will take this time to enjoy not yet being an adult, truly think about where I'm going with my life--is my plan what I really want, or am I just sticking to it because its a plan?  This sounds like a time for a little bit of good-old-fashioned soul searching.  Boo-ya.

This is Progress...

Yay! Second post!  I am already doing better than my Twitter fail.  I figure now is a good time to write a little bit about myself and why I started this blog (aside it being the savvy thing to do).  When I started thinking about creating a blog, my first problem was deciding what to blog about.  Should I write about my experiences as a recent college grad trying (mostly in vain) to land a job?  Or about my (hopefully temporary, but who knows in this economy) job waiting tables in a family restaurant, a la "Waiter Rant"?  Or I could write about books (I am trying to break into the publishing industry, so perhaps a book blog would impress future hopeful-employers).  Or, I could write about traveling, one of my great loves, which I have lately been thinking about A LOT as a possible alternative to wasting away in chain restaurant hell.

Well, instead of choosing just one topic, I am going to write about ALL of these.  Throw in a few rants, a few deep, philosophical questions and voila!  My blog.

Now, a brief explanation of my blog title.  I had a few really great titles in mind, for focusing on my various topics.  But, as it turns out. they were ALL taken already!  Don't you hate it when that happens?! So I had to think of something else.  I am a bookworm.  Its a fact of my life, always has been.  Another fact: I went to school in New York City, absolutely LOVED it, and I'm hoping to move back soon (and not wait tables there).  I'm sure both of these elements will crop up here and there in my future blog posts (which there will be many of, I swear!).

So there you have it.  A very brief introduction to me.  In summary: recent college grad, waiting tables, waiting for a job, loves traveling, books and New York City.  There's a lot more to me (I'm deep in a non-angsty way, I hope), but that's enough for a first date!

First Day

I know blogging is "the thing."  I've heard that, in order to be successful these days, you need to be active in social media.  I have a Facebook, that I use mainly as a substitute for the telephone (I hate the phone).  One time, I made a Twitter--that lasted about the length of my lunch break at work.  But I'm really going to try with this blog.  I'm sure no one will read these words, but the point is to commit to something (something I'm not very good at) and try to become "social-media savvy."  So here's to my first dedicated attempt.  Now, after spending 20 minutes designing my blog, and dashing out this brief inaugural message, I need to take a break.

Hey, I said I'd try, I never said I'd be good at this.