A New Beginning

This will serve as a place for me to vent and to express myself. I can only hope that there are others out there who might find this entertaining at the very least, and not so much a waste of time. Mostly I'm just bored and it's a much welcomed break from all the other typing I probably will have to do.

The only disclaimer I can add to my blog is that my grammar will be imperfect, my thoughts will be incomplete, my humor will be off, and my ideas will be unoriginal. However, I can guarantee that I write from the heart with open honesty, and the best I could hope for are kindered minds that can appreciate a moment of...kindling?

Onto the more messy stuff...

Right now I'm in the middle of working on my apps for graduate school. After five years in the work force and making what I consider a reasonable salary to live comfortably with the occasional splurges (considerable savings not included) next to the Big Apple, I have finally decided to make the plunge and go back to school. It wasn't an easy choice, as I'm extremely adverse to change. The unknown instills a fear inside me that make me hang on to the status quo like a magnet. Fortunately I have time and youth on my side, but now that my time and quite frankly, my youth, has run out, I've finally kicked into full gear and have cranked out the first draft of my personal statement.

This decision has really inspired the title of my blog. I've accepted the fact that I will be making a career change. Into a field where the search for knowledge and truth is far more meaningful and rampant than the aspirations to lead and "leverage synergies"! Take what you will from that previous statement - but I know I'm mentally done with my old world and am eager to move onto the next. I know I will be giving up the comforts of my current life, but I'm willing to do it for something more personally meaningful.

Give me courage strength persistence and that little bit of luck that I have always found myself to have - and carry on! Keep Calm, and Carry On! Yes I would love to go to school in London - so let's see where this journey leads me.