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What I'm juggling

Internship applications, in a field so competitive I commonly find myself dreaming up ludicrous ailments that may befall my competitors.

A thesis, for which I have created a survey questionnaire that usually has people crawling out of their skins by question #10.

A preoccupation with radically misdiagnosing myself using Web M.D.

A preoccupation with Googling my own name.

Trying to be the voice of reason for friends and loved ones with body-image issues and diet anxiety.

Trying to be okay with having reached a point in life where I am now removing things from my resume because they reflect negatively on my age.

Distinguishing the passive-aggressive, antisocial negativity exuded by about 40% of the people I interact with on a daily basis from my own pervasive suspicion that I am often simply unlikeable.

A certain degree of jealousy toward those who get it right the first time.

Trying not to take it personally.

Comments (1)

Jenny:

Oh man, Ryan.

I'm actually a little glad other people have a lot on their plate too... I was begining to think I was just prone to juggling, but now maybe it's only a relative juggling since I live with underclassmen. Maybe some "ludicrous ailments" will befall them and their free time.

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