Why I Haven't Been too Active on Social Media Lately

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After X number of years leading up to my law degree, I didn't feel the need to rush in to apply for jobs. I made that mistake after passing the Nursing Licensure Exam. I would constantly compare my progress to batchmates, and think that I was one step behind if I hadn't enrolled in a training program that they had.

Ultimately, everyone landed a job or volunteered, and the experience they had acquired over the years was enough to catapult them to employment overseas. So really, I wasn't worried about not landing a job this time around, so much as landing the wrong one.

To figure out what job I wasn't suited for I had to answer three things:
1. What do I want ?
2. What don't I want?
3. And how do I envision myself in the next 5 years?

To be frank, I can only answer the third one, and even if I had given you an answer it would have been a hazy description. I would give you a collage of images - this, this and that!

And the only way to answer the first two questions was to take some time off. 

That's why I've been taking some time off meeting up with friends, eating out, and walking around (because that tends to clear my mind). Little by little, I'm coming up with a list of the things I don't want so I can redirect my attention to things I do want, and hopefully would benefit my future self. 

How about you? Where do you envision yourself five years into the future?

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