The Life of a Twenty-Something...growing up.
This blog will take you through my post-collegiate life, as I embark upon a new career, and face different and often difficult challenges of becoming a young, independent, Pakistani woman in the United States.
It will chronicle my (hopefully short time) moving back home, how I am going to adjust to it after living away for four years....
this should be interesting.
Master Cleanse
Has anyone done the master cleanse diet? I am considering it. Being 23 takes a toll on your metabolism. I am not a fat porker by any means, but I am gaining a tad bit of weight I think. I’m trying the master cleanse..but the whole drinking lemonade/cayenne pepper/maple syrup concoction for 14 days is a bit out there. The idea of not being able to eat any solid foods is a bit ludacris, don’t you think? I think I will do my own little take on the master cleanse; I’ll eat healthy food (no soda, no chocolate, no unhealthly snacks) and drink this drink. I mean I did, after all, pay $18 for the organic, grade B maple syrup!!!
And, I am still unemployed and it is almost May. I’m avidly looking for a new job. I think I’m a better person than most people in the working world today—I’m ethical, dedicated, and I have an outgoing personality. Yet, I will absolutely not settle for any ordinary job. The place I was interviewing with last week just seemed like a job where they use and abuse college grads who know nothing about the real world. They micromanage like crazy because they don’t trust these kids, and they expect you to go door-to-door to sell internet and phone service to small businesses who likely already have these services. Not only that, the pay is menial, and the company is not something I would want to brag about working at. It is not something I deem to be a great conversation piece, “Uh yes, I go knocking on business doors, help myself in if nobody answers and look for people to talk to in the office, then I lie to to them to get them to meet with me and sell them overpriced service that charges a $500 installlation fee…and really, that “installation” fee is my commission! sweet deal, huh??” Not the place for me.
Anyway, I am sitting at Peet’s Coffee right now applying for jobs. I would overall like to work somewhere that I am in charge of spearheading some project, or at least help responsible for meeting intense deadlines. I love working under pressure and it’s what I do best at. I almost forgot how much I love being busy; I have had so much free time since I quit working, and even when I worked at New York Life, because let’s face it, who was buying financial products? I need a job that is fast paced, fun, exciting, and where I am surrounded by equally motivated people.
Chao for today. I’m going to apply some more, then run over to Whole Foods and get lunch. :)
