Summer Plans…

Where do I want to live this summer? And what do I want to do there? It’s already the end of March and I can’t decide whether to stick around here in DC or go back home to Boston. And do I want to work for a company full-time or work on my own ideas, maybe write for an online newspaper, relax a little…? I don’t know.

I shouldn’t be tired of 9-5 work before I’m even out of college. I just really want to be passionate about what I’m doing, and I want to explore my own ideas instead of piggy-backing onto something just because it pays well. Yes, I do need money (for dance and food, if nothing else), but I could work on my own and still get by with part-time work. And I want to write!

DC or Boston? If I stay here I’ll have a really active dance scene and I’ll get to live on my own, probably at Dave’s apartment. I’ll have rent to pay and I’ll probably take the metro out to Clarendon to work for InterImage. But my friends won’t be around all the time… and they’ll be all over Maryland (and the globe). If I go back home then I’ll have my tried and true Framingham friends. It’s nice to know that at 11pm if I’m bored there’s always something going on. But it doesn’t have the same mystery or excitement… and the dance scene isn’t as active. I like being able to go dancing every night. I’m also not sure if or where I’d be working if I work part time. I suppose without rent I wouldn’t need to worry as much about money. I don’t know…

I’m sure I’ll choose a place to live soon, but the real question is what to do. It’s so hard to walk away from a well-paying job… but if there are projects I want to do for myself then I think that’s more important? I don’t know, while I have a lot of momentum right now I think I should step back and make sure I’m working where’s best… for me.