Unemployed Life: Day 8

I wake up in the morning and see a cell phone with 8:32 A.M. on the display.  There is no office I need to be at by 9.  No lecture I'm required to attend at 10, or school assignment to cram in before noon.  Welcome to the official status of unemployed college graduate. After being home officially for a week and a half, I sincerely believe this word (unemployed) bears the same connotation to the f word when used in conversation.  I've been asked recently by more people, "So you graduated college, now what?" The key thing I've learned through experience is NEVER EVER tell anyone you are "the U word", the typical reaction from the other person is never pretty. Simply say, "I was just doing x (insert past accomplishment), and am currently interviewing and talking to different people." 

         Aside from awkward reactions from people I haven't spoken to in years about how I don't have "something lined up", the unemployed life hasn't been all that bad.  I have more people ask me, "What do you do all day? Don't you get bored?" Some one's only bored if they allow himself or herself to be, and if anyone knows the first thing about me that's not my nature.

         Since I don't have a job, I decided the time not spent applying for work I want to make the most of.  Today, I visited a local public library that I have driven by for years and never actually stepped foot in.  What I came to find is the public library in Natrona Heights is a hidden treasure I wish I had discovered sooner.  I found an awesome book called, "Professional Blogging for Dummies" written by a Social Media Consultant who spoke at the Blog Her 2010 Conference. (a women empowered blogger conference I was first introduced to while interning at J&J).

          Aside from becoming a newly addicted social media whore, I've also recently signed up to teach religious education classes to first graders at my church.  I may not be an education major or certified teacher, but I'm 23 year old and own a webkin. Needless to say, can a girl that still owns stuffed animals and used to dream about being a child author teach?  All I can say to that one is stay tuned for more.
          One final development in my unemployed lifestyle is a broadened athletic horizon that extends beyond the running threshold.  You can now find me biking, cycling, and even doing my first yoga class tomorrow. :) So as you can see, being the "U word" is not necessarily a terrible thing.  Life is too short to not make the most of every day you are granted, that's why I plan on making the most of it. Even if for the first time I'm living it with out a plan or knowing what will happen next...