Carpet Dimes

My birthday has always been a point in my life which I look at differently than any other time. Of course it's because I'm celebrating my birth and everyone feels like the world should revolve around them during their birthday. It goes a little deeper for me because of where my birthday lies. It's right at the center of the world physically transforming around us. So, it's easy for me to question what is occurring in my life. I turn one year older and nature turns over its dead leaves. It just seems like change is inevitable.

So what does that mean? Am I going through a late quarter-life crisis? Maybe it's of the mid-life variety, but really early. That's not it at all (I'm far too good looking for that). I think it's just that I'm fully coming into the realization of who I am. For far too long, I wondered how I would fit into this world and it has finally dawned on me.

I'm going to tease you, though. You won't get the answer out of me in this post. Why? Because maybe some readers are going through their own "discovery" and an answer would influence them. Perhaps it would throw them off their course. It took me this long to come to my realization because I went off of others' answers and thought that maybe it was my answer too.

Oh well. Carpe diem, right? Exactly.

I'm diving head first into this. There has been a fire lit under my ass and I haven't been able to stop moving towards my answer. I wonder if this is what a coke head feels after that first bump. 

Gain Some Real World Experience

Lately, I've been exploring the cringing thought of what an interview actually is. Before graduating a few years back, I heard my college professors liken it to going on a date. Well, if that's the case, I completely under dress for my dates, but I can see the similarities.

Arriving at an interview, you try to be early and show that you're conscious of time. Your heart is racing, perhaps because you ran a few blocks to get there on time, and your palms are a little sweaty. Like with all of my dates, I introduce myself with a sturdy handshake and look each person in the eye while thinking "I will own you."

For the first time in my life, I went on an interview where the company presented themselves to me. Every single job I've ever applied for, and interviewed with, was always the opposite. It was about what I could do for the company and how I could better their business. The concept of the company trying to sell itself to me first was a brand new experience. Needless to say, I immediately applied it to my dating life and expect every girl to sell themselves to me. Hypothetically speaking, of course.

Almost everyone can agree that their dates have been about trying to "sell" themselves to the other person. Either they were trying to impress or just be someone they're not. It's something most people have come to recognize and I hope they shed that kind of thinking or they're in for a rude awakening. It's this realization that has helped me out in my daily life and has made me a happier person.

Ok. Life lesson over. Go have some fun, kids.