As far as I can tell, it looks like I’ve left this place dormant for the past year. I suppose that’s to be expected once I got a job, stopped reading, and, to be honest, stopped thinking as much as I’d like. The thing I’ve learned most over the past 2 years is this: the real world is all well and good (you get paid, for one), but the pursuit of knowledge is far more interesting. If only there were a way to both get paid and pursue knowledge. Yes yes, I could go back to grad school, become a professor, etc etc, but let’s be honest, considering the amount of time that needs to be invested, you might as well write off a decade of your life. I’m unwilling to do that.

Which brings me back to the same life dream I’ve had for the past 4 years now. The struggle is how to turn that dream into a reality and avoid getting sucked permanently into the life I’ve created for myself for the time being. The old golden handcuffs dilemma. Somehow, I thought I’d be older than 23 when I first encountered this, then again, in my life everything happens far before it is supposed to.