Here we go again – a fresh start and new perspective

I’m sitting here, a year and a half older, but more than that in terms of maturity.  I’ve been through a couple things here and there that have taught me a lot.  I now know what it means to work hard and hit a goal.  I now know what it means to work with a schedule.  I now know how freaking important it is to learn how to FOCUS.

All of these things came about 3 years (seemingly) too late.

You see, I started out my college career in architecture.  I was so excited about creating things.  I was excited about learning how the built world around us is created.  I was excited about seeing my ideas come to life.

First year was great.  I kept my GPA respectable, although nothing compared to high school.  I was thoroughly enjoying my work.

However

I was the world’s worst procrstinator.  This caused to get really pissed off at the world because of my lack of results.  I would put things off until the last minute thus causing my work to be total crap.  What did I do while I wasn’t doing my work?  I don’t even remember, man.

There were a lot of frustrated nights pretending to work on stuff.  But I was really just messing around.  And like I said, I just got mad at the world.

So I left.

For Speech Communication.  I thought I would enjoy learning about how me communicate.  But I didn’t.  I didn’t do well there either.  But while I was in Speech, I took a job selling knives.  I did pretty well with that. I made some money, but more importantly, I learned how to manage myself.  Or, better yet, I was aware of how I managed myself.  I learned that I procrastinated when I was doing something I was not happy about.

I tried to jump in completely while leaving out everything else.  I lost my balance.  But I feel like now I’ve got it back.

After selling knives for about 9 months, I’ve learned how things SHOULD be done.  I truly feel that I’ve got it under control (relatively, anyway).  I’m really excited about starting architecture school again.  I think I’m going to rock, and I can’t wait to share everything here.

Thanks!

-Rod

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