My Declaration

Welcome to 2012.

In my much anticipated follow-up to Adventures From The Ledge, I'd like to introduce you all to Adventures From The Real World.

I came to a realization somewhere between losing my first real long-term job and being overworked as a Tufts graduate student: I'm 23 and, damn it, I'm not doing anything about it! A life overworked is not a life lived, and a life not lived? Well, is there any bigger regret?

So here are the rules I have to abide by, and yes, the brutal honesty of the Real World will be reported. In detail.

1) I can't say NO to any offer (within reason of course, I'm not insane.)
2) I have to make an effort to try something new (possibly crazy) every week.
3) It has to be my absolute priority to break this post-collegiate "Real World" curse! I can be happy without a career, without a boyfriend, and without a concrete five-year-plan, despite what the movies lead you to believe.

In my Adventures From The Real World, I'm going to prove to everyone that happiness isn't just something Will Smith pursues in celluloid. It isn't a mythological object we're still trying to research the location of. And it certainly isn't something reserved for the career-driven, the beautiful, or the rich.