Everyone has a secret. Or more than one. They can be funny, serious, intense, tiny, interesting, etc. The thing about secrets is that they are so powerful. Knowing your own secret can be a burden or a blessing. Knowing someone else’s secret can be the same way, but also there is something bonding about them. When someone shares a secret often you want to also be vulnerable and share with them as well.
Tonight I went to a lecture by Frank Warren, the author of Post Secret. He talked all about secrets of course and how he gets hundreds each week. His home address is the one on the first book. I have always loved those books and cannot wait to see the fourth one coming out.
What’s my secret? Well there are dozens but the secret of the day is… I’m not sure what I am doing here or how long I’ll stay. College is fine, I like so much about it and am not homesick or struggling, I just feel as though I could be spending my time doing something so much more meaningful. Most times I mention this someone says something about working in a restaurant the rest of my life and never making money. It isn’t what society deems as a good idea. The thing to do is go to college. I spent all of high school and most of junior high preparing for college and now don’t want to be here. Unfortunately, I have no idea what to be doing instead.
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Christine Conklin // September 4, 2007 at 11:10 pm
A lot of the time I feel the same way. I don’t really know what I want to end up spending my life doing, and a lot of the time I feel like I am going after nothing; working towards nothing in the long term. Being in college and learning about things is great, but sometimes I think it’s a waste of my time. There is so much pressure to go to school as long as you can and to get as educated as much as you can, and it’s just overwhelming. Although I think I have grown a lot in the last year, I think a lot of that has to do with being on my own and experiencing things for myself and making up my mind about what I believe and on and on and on and on.
I kind of went off to a rant there, but what I meant to say is that I seriously relate to you here. If dropping out were a real option, I would completely consider it. College is great, but doesn’t seem to measure up to what it’s cracked up to be. Hmm……….
James // September 7, 2007 at 12:16 am
i like this post
Ron Paul 2008!!
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