The "Big R"

My sister once told me that her friend told her that she was afraid of graduating from high school because she was afraid of "The Big R" meaning "responsibility". Well, I made it through college, and this fear of the "Big R" did not creep in until after college graduation. Maybe the "Big R" is linked to graduations or major transitions in life and this is why I am experiencing IBS and having sciatica issues...making it ironically impossible to stand on my own two feet. More education, that's the answer I think, that will allow me to go back to school and mooch off my parents some more and it will postpone the dreaded job search fiasco. 


You see, during my fifth and final year of college I planned my AT trek, while acquiring gear and keeping a blog. While my professors were offering me job opportunities, I was deflecting them with big plans of my 2,181mile escape from responsibility.

Now I am off the trail due to injury and every waking and sleeping though is, what do I do now? The thing I realized this morning is that I am a marketable professional right now. So I need to get going with the dreaded job search.

The thought of searching for a job and the application process is overwhelming, however, I'm on this website (http://online.wsj.com/public/page/news-career-jobs.html?refresh=on) right now.

The first Article I see is, "How to Look and Act like a Leader," and it shows before and after pictures of this women. A double take, that first picture looks like me, I think. Note to self: get pearls, a perm and a spiffy suite before I get my job portrait snapped.