Set Your Goals

As you all know, I've been in the process of finding a job. Well, my SoKo buddy has come back from Korea. He recently graduated in December with his Bachelor's in Accounting and a minor in Finance; with a modest GPA. Anyway, he decided to go home for a little bit before attempting to find a job. This week was the job fair that the school puts on every semester. So, beforehand, I coached him on what kind of questions that he was going to be asked and we revamped his resume. When was finished with the fair, he called stating that it did not go to well. And that he will need to look online for a job. I later spoke to his roommate, and we discussed how the problem with our circle of friends is that none of them have goals. They all went to college, because it was the natural progression of things to do post high school.

Por ejemplo, my sister, Niz, for example only really went to Purdue University because I did. She picked the same major as me as well as joined the same student organizations. However; she has never had a job, and lives off of the rations that my father provides for her. We sit and talk about her future and what she wants to do, but she is still "finding herself." She doesn't have any goals besides graduating. She doesn't know what she wants to do or where she wants to work. She's changed her major a couple of times. Now, I understand that that seems to be the trend nowadays, but back in the day, I feel that people older than my demographic knew that college was not something to take lightly. Students who went were privileged. They worked hard and were not comfortable with failing. They spent hours in libraries instead of bars and read books instead of Facebook news feeds.

What this diatribe is about is that people need to set goals and strive towards them. I spoke to my mom about this, and we naturally started talking about my father. We both agree with the fact that he became comfortable hating his job. I really think that he should read a book that I read a couple of months ago: Who Moved My Cheese? by Dr. Spencer Johnson. It really emphasizes how we need to continue to chase our dreams even if our dreams are no longer attainable where we are currently.

On a slightly unrelated note, please watch the Republican presidential debate tonight. It will be interesting, because Rudy Giuliani has dropped out. On the Democratic side of things, John Edwards has dropped out.