65/35.
September 24th, 2006 | by john |I just realized this morning that I have forgotten a lot about my life in high school. How generic it was. How trustworthy it was. It was always there; I woke up at 6:25 every morning and got to school by 7:15. School got out promptly at 2:20.
It is certainly strange to think that I graduated in 2001 and it is now 2006. All I really remember from high school was wanting to go to college and get away from it all… start anew. Then, in college, all I really wanted to do was get away from it and get into a working life. For this reason, I had several part-time jobs during my college years which I simply used as an ‘out’ from school. Of course there was the financial necessity but it also gave me an excuse to focus on something I liked doing. Ironically, from my best guess, it were these part-time jobs that attracted job offers my way. That and most likely the fact that I went to Georgia Tech… not really what I studied, how well I did, or what I learned.
Fortunately, I can now finally say that I am happy without feeling the guilt of wearing a fake smile on my face. Well, let’s just say that I’m 65% happy about the way everything is going in my life and most of this happiness attributes to my job. I like being in a professional environment; working toward a professional initiative. While I am out of school, I know there are more than enough things that I’ll need to learn about life so I’ll never pretend to know everything and hope that I can rely on my professional and social peers for sound and trustworthy advice if in need.
The other 35% are some things I’ll need to work on to improve albeit not know exactly how to deal with them yet. As far as I can remember, I’ve always had objectives to complete. I don’t know what caused me to make those objectives but I’ve always sought out those objectives to the end, regardless of whether or not I would succeed or fail. Until I entered the workforce, these objectives were always academically driven. Now, my personal life objectives broadened and now it is all about improving the quality of my life and the life of others (especially those that I am close to). My objective for now would be to overturn those 35% and merge it with the reasons why I am happy at the moment. It can’t and won’t be done overnight and I know those numbers shift dramatically on a minutely basis but at least I now know my personal objectives. 
