the big dilemma has been what to do... job search, fire rehab, crawl under a rock and hide? i picked everyones braind and tried to get them to make my decision for me, and i ended up having to really think for myself (proabbly harder than i used to think about some of my school work) about what I really wanted to do and where i really saw myself this fall...

how to feel better about not being in the real world... from gene.

tell my parents they needed to trust me...I told them they were showing a tremendous lack of faith that I would make the right choices after a year of screwing around. They just need to have some faith that you'll eventually come to the right conclusion, even if there are a few detours before you get there. I'd rather have taken an interesting route than to get there first.

and aunt joette:

I am a big believer in doing what youwant. Way too many people get trapped in positions that are in their field
and they don't like the work they stay because the pay and benefits become more important than their happiness.