Following the paths...
I thought I'd bring about the end of the world by posting twice in a month. Check your Signs of the Apocolypse and mark off the next sign in your list as necessary. If this was your last sign, congrats, you win! Now you die.
Things are moving quick lately. Opportunities are popping up left and right for not only me, but other family and friends as well. A client of mine made a job offer which I have forwarded to Greg because it's perfect for him. Another client of mine made me a job offer to be their local IT guy...in Hong Kong! A job has become available at Geek Squad City, which is the largest repair center ever built, up in Louisville, KY. If things work out right, my old supervisor's job will open up when he becomes a manager, and this is the most tempting job of them all.
Money has been coming and going at a crazy rate lately as I covered Brandon for various purchases, then got a bonus, then got paid back, then got raped by taxes. My bank account usually jumps up, then trickles down. Now it looks like a trampoline and it's ridiculous to watch, much less manage. Real temptation comes on Friday when I get two bonuses on the same paycheck, and I get paid back in full by Brandon. It will leave me over a thousand dollars in money which I had basically written off already, or never had to begin with. I'm trying my hardest to just put it aside and use it for vacation this fall, but it's so tempting. Must behave.
The thing that makes all of this interesting for me is the explanation of one of my most intrinsic concepts. I am, perhaps more than anything else, a wanderer. If someone came along to me and offered to let me explore the world with them but I'd have to leave everything else behind, it would be a tempting offer I would probably give in to. I'm always looking for something new, something bigger or more exciting. The best term for it is wanderlust, the desire to be Out There, doing things and going places. I know my Dad and I share this concept, because both of us long to go into space. I want to be somewhere else, radically different, doing something new.
That's what made that Hong Kong offer so crazy tempting for me, it's about as different and new as you can get. It's totally irrational for me, but I want it none the less. *sigh* At least life isn't dull.
posted by Matt Stewart @ 12:00 PM
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4 Comments:
Dude, why not go to Hong Kong? That is the sort of chance that doesn't come up often, and as you get older, and get settled into a routine, it will be harder and harder for you to jump on such opportunities.
I say, do as much as you possibly can while you're still young and unfettered. I wish I had.
Yeah, but I have to give up a job I spent 3 years getting, in a place I love working, with a fairly damn good advancement path...to travel.
..... Space. Again with the space. ~Sighs and just shakes her head~ I have to agree with everything you've just said, none of it is surprising (besides the fact that you actually posted again, nearly fell outta my chair) and all of it is exactly what I'd expect you to say/do. I can't believe you didn't tell me about this Hong Kong thing! Wtf??! You tell me everything else and leave out the job offer in Hong Kong.. no wait, maybe you told me about it and I forgot.
The entire idea of you going to Hong Kong to work puts butterflies in my stomach, and then I remember, we don't live anywhere near eachother, and our communications would be exactly the same.. so my irrational fear is unfounded. Hey, Goob, if it's what you want - this would be the time in your life to do it.
You have a lot going for you where you are right now.. but who knows where that would lead ya, you know?
~Demands a new update - is tired of seeing the title 'Following the paths...' over and over.~
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