Well, here we are again. One year of this blog being official.
What has happened in the one year? I’ve already talked about my job closing down, grief, and seeing my favorite podcast live (still one of the top ten moments in the year). What else? It’s like when people ask you “how was school?” and you have to try REALLY hard about what school ACTUALLY has been like. Otherwise, everything goes out the ears.
I will give a small update on my school situation: after taking the summer off from my UCLA Extension Screenwriting Certificate, I’m proud to announce I’m back on track, and plan to finish the certificate by June 2024! There are so many cool certificates the UCLA extension has to offer, and I think I want to wait on completing my TV Writing Certificate and see which other ones fit my niche (book editing and publishing sounds really nice…).
I’ve been putting myself out there more, meeting new people, trying new things, generally being…back to my old self? I used to be very outgoing and eager, especially back in college. Post college…well, I feel more secluded. Maybe it’s burnout, and trying to recover from ALL the stuff I’ve done, both college and as of late. Maybe it’s because I feel somewhat separated from some of my friends, since they live farther away, not like next door or even across the living room like back in the dorms.
The thing is, I feel bad talking about college when it’s been a year since graduation. It feels…not right. Repetitive (“we get it, you graduated, find a real job!”)? Obnoxious (“yeah we get it, you did all those cool things in college, what cool things have you done NOW?”)? Some third thing?
And before anyone starts, yes, I am aware that those are my inner voices telling me those things—I HAVE done cool things! I went on several road trips to see my best friends, I got to meet the hosts of my favorite podcast, I participated in Pride at southern Oregon, I’ve made new friends, I have a new job (I’m a BARTENDER now, everyone! Still at a movie theater, but I’m making GREAT tips!), I’ve started paying off my student loans AND saving for retirement, and started antidepressants.
Some of the cool things above are small, but that doesn’t make them any less cool. They’re cool to ME, and that’s all that matters, frankly. That’s all that should matter.
Other than all that, I’ve been looking on finding a “career job” as I call them, something that’s beyond the bartending and movie theater world. I started a new script for my screenwriting classes, and all I can say is that I haven’t felt this confident on a piece of writing in a long time. It’s an idea I worked on back in 2020, while I was taking my summer screenwriting class during my undergrad. Also, I got some tattoos!! Some of them are things that I have really really wanted for a long time, and others are some new things that have special symbolism for me.
I’m trying to put out more positive energy in the universe, trying to change my mind set when things don’t go my way. Trying my best to have fun, in life. I just can’t give up.
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