Day 1

To start off, here's the situation:

• Graduated a semester early from Clemson University on December 17, 2009.
• Got my Bachelor of Science in Political Science with a concentration in global politics and a minor in Sociology.
  
• Picked the wrong time to graduate due to the economy and lack of jobs out there
• Moved back home with my parents while trying to find a job in my hometown of Atlanta

So this is my new life--college graduate living at home with the parents. 4 years ago I would of thought that my life couldn't get any lower. I had big plans of moving to DC the day I graduated and working with the Department of State eventually landing the perfect job as ambassador to some cool country. But as in most cases of life, things changed and my goals are a little bit less clear now that I have received that diploma. So here I am, back at square one of the ever present question "what do I want to do with my life"? After being asked this question for the past few months when telling people of my graduation, I really just want to walk away as soon as I hear it. How am I supposed to know at 21 what I want to do with my life? Or what kind of job I am looking for? A cool one? All the jobs I can imagine myself loving are the ones that take a one-in-a-million chance of getting--like to be Samantha Brown on the travel channel or the CEO of Coca-Cola. I have realized that these jobs are less than likely and therefore I need to come up with some more reasonable options. Looking at sites, I see so many different jobs that could interest me that its hard to say that there is only one thing I would like to do. To those people that ask what I am going to do--I have no idea. I will end up applying to a lot of different types of jobs and hopefully one of them will want me.

Since this entry is called day one, today is the first day of my job search. I have just finished up my resume and after some review from my parents and other close adults I am ready to face the job market. So real world--here I come!