Formal, Graduation, and Starting a Business

It has been a long time since I have updated this page, and that is neither fair to you nor to the things that have been going on in my life. Last I left you I was worried that I could not take the challenge of my relationships and my commitments. But in this last month, I have stepped up to the plate, and I am really happy with where I have gotten. But please don’t read too deeply into that analogy ; ). . .

I went up for Kim’s formal on the eighteenth, and that turned into a weekend I will never forget. From dancing a swing in front of her friends to watching the sunrise together, I could not have asked for more. But more than the events themselves it was the people involved. I am very happy with us. Thank you, Kim.

And I am happy with me, too…cause I just graduated this past week. I finished my thesis not too long ago and defended it in front of people that knew a lot more than me about its content. But one way or another I passed and graduated with honors. I am done with college…at least for now.

So that is a little of the play-by-play…but the question I keep getting is “how does it feel to graduate?” I don’t know. Right now I think I am in a fairly common position: thrilled to have freedom but scared by its concomitant responsibilities. I have time on my hands, but money is in limited supply.

My career path right now is a rather risky one. I intend to be an independent consultant, specifically as a software efficiency trainer. I hope to go to different companies to teach employees how to better use software programs that they are already familiar with. I think very few people use their computers efficiently, and that a few simple lessons can empower them a great deal. I hope to deliver these sorts of lessons. Wish me luck. . .

Right now I plan on doing a lot of research and development. While R&D is quite different than R&R, I do hope to do a lot of pleasure reading, to keep up with guitar, and to improve my dancing. Just because I have graduated does not mean that I want to step away from the past. The truth of the matter is that I need to work on one thing as a source of income, but everything else-academics, hobbies, and friendships-are still as much a part of me as they ever were. I hope I can always say that.

Well, that is my two cents for now. I would love to offer some advice, but right now I am in a better position to take advice than to give it. So please feel free to speak up. Thank you for stopping by my site. The emails I have been receiving lately have made this site so much more worthwhile. I am always interested to hear what you have to say and see how you have applied what I have written. Thank you for putting time into listening to the stuff that I put a lot of time into writing. It means a lot to me.