New Scenery

-I took this photo a few weeks ago and didn't realize it would be such a metaphor for my up-coming post :)

Apparently along this road of growing-up and adapting to life outside of school i neglected to realize that with the change of life's task's and priorities there would also be a change in life's barriers and hardships. I know, it's a simple concept! Turn down a different road and you see different scenery! And so, with these new barriers i find myself mystified that i don't know how to react. When i was in school i struggled with finding friends and relationships that understood my dedication and priorities which caused allot of lost relationships and self-assessments. I now have a career, something that i have been working on for years and yet the subject of career's has prevented a suitable relationship from blossoming and created chaos in simple love. Before this year of 'new scenery' i knew how to cope with homework, lack of money, midterms, friends without responsibility, how to maintain school/life balance, and working for the 'light at the end of the tunnel'. So, here i am, out of the tunnel and i don't know what 'light' they are talking about. Yes, i do feel like i have achieved a great self-accomplishment and am starting my future in the 'working' world. But with this 'new scenery' i am mystified on the tricks of the trade to balance career and life, love and scheduling, hobbies versus paid work, being realistic in a possible marriage versus what i was use to when i was still finding myself, and realizing my career does not control me - i control my career. This is a large milestone considering my university units controlled my life in all aspects - no matter what. I am finding that with this new self-evaluation i am eliminating features and relationships i thought i wanted in my life and trading them in for a fresh, new, mature, and more realistic ME. Therefore, looking for an alternative to what i thought i needed in life. YOU!