It’s Sunday morning. Two more semi complete blog posts sitting in text files. I might publish them, I might not.
I’ve just spent the better part of the last half hour reading Frankie and I can’t remember the last time I sat down with a magazine on a couch I can stretch out on and just lost myself in the pages for a little while. It’s been too long.
As I turned the pages, the strange mix of content of the magazine became more apparent. We have stories about adult-angst, cleaning products, amazing journalists visitng war torn places, people who love to travel and another page on iPod speakers.
Did Morrison Media design this mag for me? Right now it seems farily certain that I’m about to move to Brisbane to accept a job managing a Mac retail store on the UQ campus. I’m going back to uni and I have a solid job which is flexiable enough to let me study. According to most people, I should be over the moon.
The problem of course, is I am not most people. Reading about travel to the remote corners of the world just isn’t enough for me. Owning the funkiest t-shirt doesn’t define me (it also won’t stop me from buying it… I own about 65+ tees now). There is this amazing world out there and I want to start contributing in big ways. Which is what worries me about taking on the new job.
Sure, there’s new challenges, and I finally get to find out if I am manger material after the last failed affair (I’m told I am, but time will tell) but something about the whole thing just doesn’t seem like it’s enough. I’m left wanting more.
The sensible thing to do of course is take the job, move to Brissy and enjoy my time at uni. Perhaps I should relax a little and enjoy my early 20s while I’m still in them. But when you want to travel the world (literally) and have an overwhelming desire to be “real” in a world that is so manufactured and focussed on appearance and status I wonder just how long I’ll be able to relax for!
All I do know is I’m off to buy a subscription to Frankie. At least the combination of content makes me feel like I’m not alone in all this!
February 13th, 2008 at 1:20 am
Come to Vancouver, Luke. We came across a job posting for an “Apple Evangelist” working through the Apple Store. Comfortable job, new city to explore!