Sunday, November 10, 2013

"life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans"



I've kind of always had a plan. Or at least a general life-outline.
Work.
Go to college.
Graduate.
Get a job.
Move out of Utah County.

So I had a pretty basic 5-year plan when I started college, it made life a bit easier for me if it was set out in front of me. My decisions were made, now this is what I had to do. I always had a vision, an end goal.
 If you know me at all, I tend to be a planner. I like knowing what's going to happen next or having something to work towards. Once I've checked off one thing, I move to the next.

See, I never added anything to that plan after graduating college. School was my biggest obstacle, my biggest focus, and it was hard to see anything past that for 5 years. After I graduated, I focused most of my time and energy on finding a job. What good was that degree I worked so hard on getting if I didn't do anything with it?
I finally found a job and put all my time and effort into that. I moved out of Utah County and settled into that part of my life plan.

Lately, I've been like, "well, now what?" 
I realized I have no plan.
Nothing.
I mean, I have these long term dreams that I might work towards one day, like moving out of Utah, but that is in the far distant future.
I don't have a 5 year plan.
I don't even have a 1 year plan.
The most I've got so far is that I'll probably teach at the school I'm at for around 5 years, or at least I hope so.
Right now, nothing is certain in my future. 
It used to be that if I did what I was supposed to, I would graduate college.  That was guaranteed. 
Now, I have absolutely no idea what to plan for or do.
The possibilities are endless, really. Which is both liberating and absolutely terrifying.
The only thing tying me down to anything is my job.  Everything else is up in the air.

But maybe I don't have to have a plan. Maybe I'll just have to live life and make it up as I go and just hope for the best.

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"There are so many adventures you miss because you're waiting to think of a plan..." 



lately...

October was a busy month. A fun month, but a busy one.
Halloween is my favorite holiday, and there were plenty of Halloween festivities this year.  The only thing I failed at was never watching Hocus Pocus.  I know, how horrible of me.

I also went to my future home, Eugene, Oregon. I didn't take a lot of pictures, but trust me when I say it is absolutely gorgeous. One of my favorite places I've ever been.

Eugene, OR//2013





>>new friend, Sarah, & best friend Sam<<

Halloween fun


|costume #1: flapper girl|




|costume #2: Batman/woman|




Birthday Celebrations

 >>Happy Birthday to this beautiful lady<<

>>frouples unite<<


To finish out October, my car, Penelope, had some struggles and died last weekend. It was a very sad occasion. She has got me where I need to go for the last 5 years.  We've had many trips to St. George & Las Vegas. She also took us to California and back. I'm pretty sure there is still sand wedged in strange places in that car from that trip. My sweet Penelope, you will be missed. 
It seems that my life has decided to fully change and embrace this new chapter, so it was inevitable that my car would go too.  So along with moving to Salt Lake and starting a career, lets add "getting a big girl car" to that list too. (So not looking forward to car payments).
So here is my new baby, she hasn't been named yet, although I think I'm leaning towards calling her Betty White.