That being said, there is a great diversity in the work I perform at my desk. I work with everything from letters to Google Adware to twitter to organizing info with our policy stances. I do love that I can be working on half a dozen different things and switch between them all during the work day. Yet this just isn’t enough for me right now, I need even more variety and even more hands-on work. The office is also one filled with silence; apparently its former nickname was “the morgue” for the deathly silence that constantly fills the office. Though I may not know where I want to be or what I want to do, one thing I do know is that I can’t work in such a quiet office. I need music, bad jokes, camaraderie, and just that more casual feeling in the office. Just because we work for one of the most powerful politician’s political office doesn’t mean that we can’t have a little fun and be a little less stuffy.
Maybe this is all just a phase and a consequence of watching too much Travel Channel combined with my Facebook filling up with pictures of people spending their summers exploring the world. But I have always been spontaneous and known to make decisions quickly (sometimes rashly) so part of me knows this can’t be just a phase. I can’t picture myself here for another five years, let alone honestly another five months. I love the people I work with and the work I do is interesting, but I want more. How will I know what I want to do with my life until I try everything that the world has to offer?
Though all this existential mumbo jumbo doesn’t really answer all the questions posed for this week, it shows how I have reached a turning point in my life. Do I stay on the course that’s been tentatively planned, or do I buck conventionality and just follow this innate need for “even more spontaneity than normal” feeling? I’ve decided I want more from the world than I have ever asked for and am more than willing to do things I have never even thought about doing to get it. There’s some quote that says “the only way to change your life is to step out of your comfort zone”, I plan on not just stepping but jumping head first into whatever the world has to offer me outside of my past comfort zone. The universe is a big place as Dr. Who would say. I want to see what all is in it.