Summer Cleaning and Life Update.

[fenderlove]

I'm currently in the process of de-cluttering all my worldly possessions. I'm probably going to be moving from home to a new place out of state soon (I hope), and I realized that 25 years worth of junk just can't come with me. I graduated from college in December 2008, got a good paying job in March 2009, and then I lost said job in October 2009 when the company went bankrupt due to the shady dealings of the company's owner. I moved to Georgia looking for work, and found a new job for a few months before I had to quit because of harassment issues, and then I had to return home around Christmas '09. I still haven't found a new job, so I'm thinking about going back to school to get my Masters and Ph.D., only because I can't think of anything else to do with my life. Academics always seemed to be the place where I did the best, but I'm not sure what to do with a Ph.D. I don't want to teach, and after having to substitute teach, I know for sure that I'm not cut out for it. What does one do with a Ph.D. in Art History? I suppose I could write books and research, but I don't think I'd make enough money out of it. Maybe I could work for a museum? I just feel that I haven't found what I'm supposed to be doing. I'd like to continue doing graphic design, but I just didn't get a lot of fulfillment out of it... but maybe that's because I worked with a douchebag who didn't offer me anything besides telling me that his wife who used copyrighted imagery and clip art and Curlz MT was a better designer than me. >_< Maybe I should try to do children's books? I designed a cover and a wrote a little story that I think might sell, but I'm not sure. At this point, with so few jobs available, I've gotta get out of this house. I'm losing my mind.

Since last night, I've gathered about 50 lbs. of magazines, papers, and old junk to throw away. Wish we had a recycling center. I'll be happy to get it out of the house, but there's still so much to go through, like clothing and old toys and knickknacks to either throw away or give to Goodwill. This should have been done a long time ago, but there never seemed to be any time. I guess since I'm being a useless lump at home there's no time like the present.