I graduated from Flagler College in 2007 having earned two bachelors degrees, one in English and the other in Sociology. Like most people, I had grand ideas of what life was going to be like after I graduated college; I was going to have employers banging down my door begging me to come and work for them. Turns out, it didn’t really happen that way and I soon found out that two more “liberal” degrees plus one bad economy equals the continuation of making lattes for people, a job that I have always been thankful for but that is a far cry from my vocational aspirations of non-profit work.
So with much deliberation, I decided to continue my education at the University of Central Florida where in December of 2009 I received my masters degree in Applied Sociology. Now, surely, those employers really would be beating down my door. Once again I have been mistaken. It would seem that even having a higher degree won’t do you much good in a still poor economy, especially for someone who has spent the majority of her life in school rather than garnering actual experience within her field.
So now, at the age of 25 and finding myself in a rut I have embarked on easily the biggest quest of my life: in early September I am packing up and moving to Boston. It was a surprisingly easy decision to make when a very good friend of mine who currently lives there reminded me that, yes, they do in fact have coffee shops in Massachusetts and even though it’s not where my hearts lies, I can make a living that way. At the same time, I can start over and move out of the state that has been my home since the day I was born. Not to mention that my dear parents, continuously supportive though they are, are probably ready to have their house to themselves again. Basically? This 25-year-old finally gets to be an adult.
Today I mailed the checks for my security deposit and my first month’s rent. It’s official. For someone who would describe herself as the polar opposite of spontaneous this is a big deal. A big, freakin’ deal. Things always do have a way of working out though, don’t they? I’m excited and anxious and cannot wait to open this new chapter of my life and record it all here.
See you soon.
