Natasha's blog - A boring title for a not boring blogger

Books, church, fitness, friends. All good things. All worth mentioning.  I started reading East of Eden . The story line just picked up with a love triangle... I think. I can't remember why a friend recommended this 900 page novel, possibly within the context of Sarte's play No Exit , but I can't be certain.  -- Mentorship exists because success exists. Every excellent program from my past offered mentorship, and in so doing, offered success. I am not one of those lucky, happy few who walk through doors into piles of success. I chase after it, and am left feeling abandoned and listless without it.  -- Church can be infuriating. As I sit, listening, tracking the contradictions, possibly playing out the confrontation discussion that will never happen because pastors are people too, I grow desperate. Desperate to leave, to argue, desperate to belong, desperate for reconciliation. Never make critical life choices from a position of desperation. It flatter...

I create this blog for the following reasons: 1) Improve typing  2) Prove I can write  3) Post my goals and track my progress  4) Maybe I will find friends. Or Love. Or crazy psycho killers.  5) I want to tell my story, even if no one listens.  I quit jobs, relationships, and most things. Last week on Thursday, I quit my job as a Job Recruiter. There were too many layers of irony, so I moved past it.  This week, the final (at least for the next 5 years) Job Hunt begins. The marketing world of advertising, client representation, and branding looks full of creativity and HOPE. That's what I lost last week when I quit my job as a Job Recruiter. The work day ended, I drove into my parents driveway past acres of perfectly manicured grass, parked my car, shoved the keys into my purse, opened the car door, stumbled out onto the pavement and with every step, I lost hope.  Taking off my shoes at the front door, Dad stood behind the count...