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Keeping up with blogging

22 Thursday Aug 2013

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I have a joke with my friends that I am a words gal living in a numbers world. I always wrote as a child; having notebooks, diaries, journals for every occasion. I never considered myself a writer until I got paid for it. And even when getting paid for it, it wasn’t something that came naturally to me. I have to sit down and be in the zone to write. Sometimes this consists of grabbing pen and writing for hours on just a random thought but most of the time it is days or weeks of putting off writing until I force myself  take action. Writing is not my career, although I would love it to be. I seldom feel like sharing my writing with people. It could be a fear of rejection but I think what stops me most often is that I do not think people will give a shit about what I have to say. I am just a random twenty something from San Diego, what could I possibly give to the world that it hasn’t already seen? I’ll read a book or watch a movie and I do not think I could ever make that type of cohesive product.

So why am I a words gal in a numbers world? By trade I am an accountant. All day long, I am working with numbers. With numbers there are formulas, a number you are trying to reach, unlike words where you can decide where they want to go whether you follow a formula or not. This is why I struggle with keeping this blog active. When I got paid for writing, I wrote articles. My only originality was trying to figure out a different way to say something thousands of news sources across the country already said. With this blog I have the freedom to do whatever I want and sometimes that means nothing. It is almost overwhelming to try to bring the jumble ideas that goes on in my heads to paper (or screen). Other blogs have a niche like entertainment, fashion or fitness that appeals to the public and I guess I haven’t found my niche yet. Hopefully I find it soon because I imagined this blog to be where I am able to write freely and how I want to write.

And because I got all deep and emotional on this, I will leave you with a clip of my performance at the San Diego fair this past June:

Old Habits

15 Friday Feb 2013

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I guess my 365 posts didn’t last that long. Even though I wasn’t necessarily too busy to post something everyday, there were times when I was simply too busy to take a picture everyday. The past two weeks have been hellish for me. I work in accounting and every year come audit season, it just gets so hectic. I had days where I was coming in at 5 am and leaving at 7:30 pm! I am an entry-level position mind you. Thankfully, all of that will be over soon. Why? Because I am getting a promotion. The details are still in the works and I am not sure the start date but it will be no later than March. It is all very hush-hush because of the circumstances but I can’t wait until I can tell everyone! I didn’t just pop back in to tell you good news though, I have some bad news too.

I thought today was my day off :(

I thought today was my day off 😦

I am working on my day off! I am so thankful to even have a job now but being at work more than being at home, even on the weekends, gets exhausting. I get the next three days off because of President’s Day but I can already feel like today is going to be long.

Oh! I do have more good news, I have lost 7 pounds. I read somewhere that telling people about your goals, releases something in your brain that makes you feel like you have already accomplished the goal. I am not sure if this is true but I have still decided not to tell anyone about my specific goals. What I will tell you, is that my good friend Bryan and I decided to have a friendly weight competition. I say friendly because the wager is not necessarily based on the other person. If I win, I can buy myself Hulk Smash Hands but if I lose, I have to submit two grad school applications in the fall. He has similar goals himself. I don’t like the idea of positive reinforcement but mixing the positive reinforcement with the bet, almost makes it like I am holding myself accountable and Bryan is my support system.

Back to work for me but I should have some product reviews and some zoo pictures up here pretty soon.

Halfway through NaNoWriMo

14 Wednesday Nov 2012

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And I do not have anything to show for it! I have written of course; for work, writing a letter to my mother for her birthday and doodles. But I have not been productive for NaNoWriMo. I  haven’t given up yet because I have a couple of days off from work next week and I know I will be able to get a chunk of that 50,000 written. I hope I can pull it together soon!

NaNoWriMo

31 Wednesday Oct 2012

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Every year since I’ve graduated from High School I have told myself that I will take part in the National Novel Writing Month. Every year I start out strong and write every day, often times spending a whole day writing. And every year, usually around the middle of the month, I quit. Not deliberately but it always seems to happen. This year I will write 50,000 words.

I always wanted to be a writer but lack of time and determination has really stopped me. I view writing as a hobby and not necessarily as a career. Even if I cannot write everyday, I will reach my goal.

Happy National Novel Writing Month!

GMAT and GRE

26 Friday Oct 2012

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Recently, my boss pulled myself and two other employees from my company into a meeting and discussed our future with the company. A lot of situations were thrown about but the one that seemed the most plausible was a tuition reimbursement program. It seems like an awesome opportunity but my boss meant specifically in business. I have very little to no concept of business. I have some sociological and life experience but in terms of management, inventory, and tax stuff I am completely clueless. I looked into some courses and with how much I have worked lately, adding more to that load would be unbearable. Instead I chose the same route that I chose with the GRE and bought some study guides.

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I haven’t done much arithmetic for the past few years so I have a lot to catch up on. I took the practice test and bombed. I will be studying my ass off for the next couple months for both the GRE and the GMAT.