10 years

As I have been looking for a new job I've been trying really hard to think about the things I value in the work place and in life in general. I've been doing this because I find it important to understand who you are as a person when you go into an interview for a job. As I began making a list on a scrap piece of paper I realized my list seemed shallow and rather uncharacteristic of me. I had to dig down deep to figure out where these values were coming from. It was a few weeks ago I realized this past June marked 10 years since I graduated high school. Whoa! It seemed like only yesterday I was picking out my prom dress and crossing my fingers a cute boy would ask me to be his date! That last sentence can give you a good idea of where my head was when I was in high school. My social life was thriving but my academics were failing. I have this bizarre feeling when I think about my high school experience. It's a mixture of good and bad. Some of my highlights were intertw...