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The Battles We Face

Practicing how to get back into regular routines is not an easy task, but I think when coming back from a trip like I just have, the routines are the things that I once had are not what I want to fall back into. My challenge to myself is to out in 100% of effort towards my goals. To challenge my walk and have people challenge me in my walk. To learn what it is I value and what needs to be laid to rest. The thing with routines and habits are that they can be conflicting at times and control you in the worst possible way if you let it. In my case, I haven't had many steady routines since I graduated college. I knew everyday when I had class, from blocks of scheduled time. When I needed to be at work, and back at school to work on projects, and how much extra time I could have outside of all those areas. But now, I don't have school responsibilities weighing down on me, but more adult responsibilities, financial goals and responsibilities to be met, career responsibilities, et

Through the Jet-lagged Cracks

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I can not believe that I have been on American soil for almost a full week now. Time has no concern for rest. I am steadily bringing myself back into society and by that I mean I have been out and doing something ever since I got back into town. I will give a more detailed account on my last week in Italy, including me giving my testimony to a room full of people that included students and their family members. I think that this trip has only pushed me in the right direction of moving forward in a more efficient way. And it came at a great time since after last year, I had been struggling with feeling adequate in my goals, and even though I had gotten my diploma for my degree, I still didn't feel as if I had completed it because I still needed to take the examination to be a licensed designer in order to work on commercial designs. So, to give you a really quick follow up of what's next, I will be studying up on my testing to be a licensed commercial interior designer. I