As I start my post college life I've learned quite a bit about being something vaguely resembling an adult and all of the stressful things it entails. I've filled out tax forms, I've worked in an office on the 8th story of a building that I needed an employee key pass to access and I've navigated my way through a two hour commute through the DC Metro system. I've survived and I think I'd even go so far as to say that I'm thriving.

I have my first Big Interview this Friday. That's the job the two hour commute is for. I've had plenty of other job interviews in my life but this is the first one that's for a job that fits in with my career aspirations and its a job I desperately want. I won't tell you where I'm interviewing exactly but it is a job as a historical interpretor at a hugely significant historical site and I honestly get a bit breathless thinking that I could possibly be working there.

In the meantime I've been working as an office temp which is exactly as glamorous as you'd expect it to be. There's nothing negative I can say about it because so far its been straightforward inventory work in a good environment with good people but it makes me a bit restless. The job I had last week was mostly assembling gift bags for an event and it got repetitive so I started listening to podcasts while I worked. I got hooked on Serial. I then got hooked on a podcast about Serial. I actually ended up regarding the gift bag asssembly as a meditative activity and when that was combined with the podcasts that kept my mind fully engaged the week flew by.

I have lofty career and life goals and I'm at a precarious point where I'm taking several short, rapid, wobbly steps that will hopefully lead to something better. I was an amateur rock climber in my youth and it reminds me of the stress of starting a climb when I would stand back for a bit, attempt a few potential starts and eventually I'd find some steps I was confident with and scramble up the wall. Its finding that foundation that takes time but I'll get past this step soon, I'm sure.

And then I'll be unstoppable!