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I have been increasingly horrible at updating my life on social outlets. Looking at the date of my last post, July 20, and realizing that it is now November 7, I am reminded how time has the ability to fly by.

The last four months have been spent looking at opportunity. In my last post I mentioned my interests in cooking and a possible pursuit of a new life in the culinary world. If I have learned anything, it is that life is always about timing. And after further investigating this profession, I realized that my interest and my opportunity weren't quite align. In the end, without belaboring every intimate detail, I found it wasn't the right time.

So there I was, still looking for the right opportunity, unemployed, and relying on friends for a place to stay. In my day-to-day activities, I possessed very little of the professional and social life I had ever known. Being an independent person, it was incredibly difficult to adjust to this foreign way of life. A lot of my free time was spent job hunting, and when fortunate enough, interviewing. This process became my life, and unfortunately, had little return.

With a growing need for disposable income, I contacted an old acquaintance who runs a temp staffing company. Knowing the work would be socially demeaning, I accepted an opportunity to hand out a free daily Tribune newspaper, known as the RedEye. My office from 5am - 10am daily, was the Belmont CTA station. For those that don't know, Belmont is fondly known as the most attractive train station in the city, and is utilized by the 20-30 year old young professional. Clearly being the best looking newspaper slinger ever to be seen at a train station, I received a number of odd looks and had to explain why I was handing out papers, to a number of my peers. At first, the experience was frightening and demoralizing; over time it became humbling. As the summer progressed, I got to know the schedules of a number of people, and in a way became a part of their daily routine. Though I have since moved on and am no longer handing out papers, I can honestly say that this experience has grounded me, and ultimately made me a better person.

The point of this entry is to realize that sometimes you have to do things you don't want to do. I originally created this blog to detail my life experiences. Being uncertain of where life was taking me, I thought I should jot some things down and with any luck, writing would prove to be therapeutic. By having an open mind and a positive outlook, I have created opportunities when none existed.  The last month has taken my life in a new direction and over the next couple of posts, I will detail various experiences that bring my life to the present. Until then keep an open mind, the opportunities are endless!