I think I’m having a mid-life crisis. Well, I guess I’m not really old enough to be having a mid-life crisis, so a quarter-life crisis. Someone has actually already coined that phrase (yeah, there’s a whole Web site devoted to the whole post-graduate freakout), so apparently I’m not as clever as I thought I was. Figures.
But since I’m having this life crisis, I figured it’s time to lay out my options on the table – you know, all organized-like. Because if there’s one thing I’m good at, it is organization, baby.
Option 1) Actually use my degree and delve into the world of public relations.
Pros: I studied PR for four years, darn it.
I was the 2007 Outstanding Student in the Public Relations department so obviously I was doing something right.
I actually kind of like it.
Cons: I don’t like people so much (what the hell was I thinking??).
There’s too much of knowing the right peope to get started and less of the whole being-good-at-what-you-do thing.
Option 2) Become certified to teach English as a foreign language and move abroad for a year.
Pros: I like seeing other countries.
It’s a good way to travel and make money at the same time.
How freaking awesome would that be!
Cons: It can be kind of expensive to become certified.
I could barely make it through two months abroad so how could I do at least a year?
I don’t even really know if I like teaching.
Option 3) Keep working part-time or even get a full-time job, and then market myself as a freelance writer to bring in some extra $$ and possibly turn it into a full-time career and/or job(s). I dream big.
Pros: I love to write.
I know how to market things.
Cons: I would have to suck up my natural laziness to work at home.
I don’t know if I have enough confidence.
Option 4) Go back to school and get a teaching credential.
Pros: Uh… I’m not seeing any.
Cons: See option #2
(I think I may have just eliminated this option. See, this exercise really worked!)
Option 5) Move far away and never let my family know what a loser I’ve become.
Pros: Moving somewhere new.
Cons: Becoming a loser.
So as you see, I have lots of choices and may have to do some serious soul-searching. Wish me luck. And maybe send me a few drinks.
