Just a Thought

  • Brooke Fisher<br>
  • Thursday, February 28, 2008 9:20am

With the approach of the new year, I am not going to bother with a resolution I will not keep. I have bigger worries I must contemplate and exercising or eating vegetables are not at the top of my resolution list. They are not even on my list because I do not have one.

What the coming year means to me is 365 days of simply not knowing where I will be this time next year. A quick check of my day planner reminds me that I have even more immediate concerns. In less than a month I will be officially unemployed. Thankfully, I still have a fun weekend job at a coffee shop. However, within the next year I may end up working somewhere that does not exactly inspire me. Perhaps I should break out the markers and get started on my cardboard sign that reads “Will work for anything or anyone.”

My road in life is perhaps already paved, but I am still unsure of where I am directing myself. Although I admit to getting lost almost on a daily basis, I believe I am headed in the right direction for once. I will let the truth be known and admit that my career goal is to be a reporter, and a good one. But, it may be a long time until my dream is fully realized and I have a permanent job. For all I know, within the next year I may land a good job, or I may have to wait until the following year.

ADVERTISEMENT
0 seconds of 0 secondsVolume 0%
Press shift question mark to access a list of keyboard shortcuts
00:00
00:00
00:00
 

I feel I have used my time wisely in the past year. As a recent graduate from the University of Washington, I am proud of my post-graduate accomplishments and am lucky to have made it this far in the “real world” in only six months. Compared to several friends who cannot find work they enjoy, I have already discovered where I want to be. I have a temporary job I love and nine new friends I do not want to leave. But everything has an end and my job will end mid-January. After then, I do not know where I will be. My biggest fear is not having anything to do — I like to be busy and if possible, I probably tend to overwork myself.

Although the new year is very scary for me, and even a bit terrifying, I guess I should look forward to the excitement of it all. Although I pride myself on being up-to-date on the agenda of my life, even I do not know what will happen in 365 days.

If I were to break down and succumb to a new year’s resolution, I guess I would try not to worry so much about the future. I have control over my life, but only so much. I believe in myself and really, the rest is up to fate — Or divine intervention. Hopefully I will have a better picture of my future within the next 365 days, but I may have to wait a very, very long time. Either way, I will be ready for whatever comes my way — hopefully it will be a permanent job.

Brooke Fisher is filling in for Lynnwood/Mountlake Terrace Enterprise editor Shannon Sessions while she is on maternity leave.

Talk to us

> Give us your news tips.

> Send us a letter to the editor.

> More Herald contact information.

Support local journalism

If you value local news, make a gift now to support the trusted journalism you get in The Daily Herald. Donations processed in this system are not tax deductible.