I haven't blogged since August of last year and trust me I feel pretty guilty about abandoning this hobby of mine. I feel even worse knowing that for some reason I still gained new followers and that I wasn't able to give them anything new or interesting to come back to.
Since August, I have no idea where the time flew or how I just was not able to utilize any time I had and put it into updating my blog every now and then.
This Summer, my retail job was a pain. I hated every second of it. In short (because I could pretty much write a book as to why NO ONE should have to work a job that pays minimum wage and puts you in the gut-wrenching front of the world of consumerism), it was not a good use of my time and it was the most stressful part of my day. Not a single bone in my body wanted to be anywhere near this place and when I resigned, there was not a second that I miss that place (Okay, maybe I should write this book).
Since August, I have no idea where the time flew or how I just was not able to utilize any time I had and put it into updating my blog every now and then.
This Summer, my retail job was a pain. I hated every second of it. In short (because I could pretty much write a book as to why NO ONE should have to work a job that pays minimum wage and puts you in the gut-wrenching front of the world of consumerism), it was not a good use of my time and it was the most stressful part of my day. Not a single bone in my body wanted to be anywhere near this place and when I resigned, there was not a second that I miss that place (Okay, maybe I should write this book).
I just started college last Fall, picked up a second part-time job, and commuted via a bus, a light rail train, and two trains traveling to and from home which totaled for nearly four hours a day. I struggled in school, but frankly I still maintained a GPA high enough to be on the dean's list. I hated working at my retail job and since I no longer work there, I can tell you that working for Kohl's Department Stores was like accidentally sticking gum into your hair every morning and cutting off a giant chunk of your hair every night (I'm sure Kohl's is a big enough corporation that they track what is said about them online so I won't go into detail or slander the place- or in truth slander the place as badly as I want to).
It seems as if all I was doing was work, commuting, and getting homework done. My days started as early as 5am and ended as late as 12am leaving me five hours to prepare for the next day, have dinner, and sleep.
It was exhausting...
I was able to get through each day functioning just fine and with a smile on my face, but I was never rested. Never rested enough.
Which would explain why when the holiday season came around and the semester ended, I had two days off and not even a million dollars (or my Mother yelling at me) could get me out of my bed. I didn't even realize I had done nothing this New Year's and I didn't even mind. I woke up at three in the afternoon, had brunch, worked on some of my website design stuff, watched TV with my family, fell asleep and woke up just in time to see the ball drop. That is literally how I rang in the new year.
Right after taking my last final on the last day of my first semester, I had promised myself that I would get back into what I enjoyed doing and restart my projects up again.
And I am struggling to do so, but I NEED to get back in the game and I WANT to get back in the game.
In honor of that, I am going to recap the rest of 2014 that I was unable to post monthly highlights of and get a "Links I've Stumbled Upon" post in as well as a few others that I planned to post, but never did.
You can also expect a new blog design in the upcoming months.
I love blogging and I have missed so much, hope its not too late to jump back in!
It seems as if all I was doing was work, commuting, and getting homework done. My days started as early as 5am and ended as late as 12am leaving me five hours to prepare for the next day, have dinner, and sleep.
It was exhausting...
I was able to get through each day functioning just fine and with a smile on my face, but I was never rested. Never rested enough.
Which would explain why when the holiday season came around and the semester ended, I had two days off and not even a million dollars (or my Mother yelling at me) could get me out of my bed. I didn't even realize I had done nothing this New Year's and I didn't even mind. I woke up at three in the afternoon, had brunch, worked on some of my website design stuff, watched TV with my family, fell asleep and woke up just in time to see the ball drop. That is literally how I rang in the new year.
Right after taking my last final on the last day of my first semester, I had promised myself that I would get back into what I enjoyed doing and restart my projects up again.
And I am struggling to do so, but I NEED to get back in the game and I WANT to get back in the game.
In honor of that, I am going to recap the rest of 2014 that I was unable to post monthly highlights of and get a "Links I've Stumbled Upon" post in as well as a few others that I planned to post, but never did.
You can also expect a new blog design in the upcoming months.
I love blogging and I have missed so much, hope its not too late to jump back in!