23. get a real job--a job i love
One of my 23 before 23 goals was to "Get a real job--a job I love." I sort of wish I had phrased it differently, so I think I'm going to change it now to "Get rid of any jobs that aren't in my field, and get a job that is. It should be enjoyable, too." Stuff in "my field" includes anything involving editing or design since those are things I have studied and would like to pursue as a career. When I made this bucket list last May, I had five jobs: tutor to two kids, nanny, laundry-folder/math grader, and writer/editor for a campus magazine. Of those five jobs, only one (writer/editor) had anything to do with my major/minor, and it wasn't very many hours . . . usually less than two hours each week. I was going CRAZY from having so many jobs that weren't what I wanted to be doing. I wanted to focus on what I had been studying! So when the school year ended, so did my two tutoring jobs, as well as my laundry-folding/math grader job beca...