Apartment: If nothing else, we will be in a new apartment by Sept 15. We applied to a decent place and were approved yesterday. We're still waiting on answers from a few others and visiting a few more this week but if NOTHING else comes through, we're at least content with this place. It got awful ratings on apartmentratings.com which concerns me... but Jason says (and I agree with him) that you have to take at least some of those complaints with a grain of salt. People will find complaints about any place, however nice. I would just love for that approval percent to be much higher than it is (18%)... I don't want to be surprised by roaches or huge utility bills just when I think I've finally gotten away from any apartment grievances.
CPT: Jason and I crunched some numbers yesterday in terms of scheduling. Seems as though we really don't have all that much time to study for this thing haha. Sigh. We're going to schedule our test for either Jan 4 or Jan 11 which means we have to be plugging through the chapters of these books way faster than we thought. 6 months apparently is not a lot of time. Whew knew!?
So these two large time-sucks have made me realize that I have to be more selective about the way in which I choose to spend my time post work/Aikido. After the centaur completion, I have to be way more selective about what kinds of freelance work I choose to commit to. I don't want to get burnt out doing things that I actually want to do.
So my new motto is one-goal-at-a-time. Even if it's on a smaller scale, as in, one goal per day or one goal during lunch, thinking about too many things at one time is getting me no where.
Also, GO OLYMPICS!!
7.30.2012
7.12.2012
My Second Blog
I know it's a pain in the ass to read more than one blog for one person. However, if you ARE interested, I'll be posting less personal stuff on my website blog (moniquecucchi.com) from now on...starting with the following post about books!
Post About Books!
Post About Books!
Five Year Plan
I hated that phrase in college. Especially when everyone in the world asked me about mine and was shocked to discover that I, in fact, didn't have one. Well after countless years of guessing and avoiding, I think I've finally committed to one. Once I finally got over the fact that a "five-year plan" doesn't actually mean "the-rest-of-my-life plan" I think I was subconsciously more comfortable with creating some sort of concrete path to follow for at least a little while.
So here goes.
It's best to first mention some goals here. Based on my current life trajectory I've learned a few things. In ten years time, if I continue down this road, I will be creatively stagnant, broke, and fat. These are bad things. Enter 5 year plan:
1) Take the next 6 months to become a Certified Personal Trainer. With this certification, I can supplement my current income doing something active and interpersonal because, hopefully, personal training allows for more part-time opportunities. Sitting in one chair for 9 hours a day is brutal. Aikido is a good outlet. But if I could earn some extra money while doing something active on top of Aikido, all the better. Following that, I'll get myself into a gym and try to make some sort of consistent part time gig happen.
2) After establishing myself at a gym, I will begin preparing my portfolio for MICA's MFA in Illustration Practice. I have more research to do in this area but everything seems to be telling me that it's a good idea. On top of the MFA, if you play your cards right, you can walk out of there with a certificate to teach art at the collegiate level. That would be a nice fall-back option for later on if Illustration jobs are hard to come by.
3) Personal training will be a good asset at that time because MICA's program is 2 years full-time so I would need a job that allows me to work part time. Unfortunately, my current job would probably be unrealistic to continue with while in school. Training could be a great way to make the money I need to live in the most flexible way possible.
This is the ideal. Let's see how close I can get to making it a reality. It's the first time in a long time that I've figured out quantitatively and qualitatively what I can/want to be doing to move myself toward a happier existence. If nothing else, I'll walk away with a lot more knowledge and a much broader experience.
If it turns out that personal training is what I love, I might end up transitioning into that full time as well! I just don't see myself completely abandoning art. I'd love to make it my career but if training works better as a career leaving art open for freelance or personal projects, so be it. At least I'll be more active and less stir crazy in my full-time existence.
Here's to hoping!
So here goes.
It's best to first mention some goals here. Based on my current life trajectory I've learned a few things. In ten years time, if I continue down this road, I will be creatively stagnant, broke, and fat. These are bad things. Enter 5 year plan:
1) Take the next 6 months to become a Certified Personal Trainer. With this certification, I can supplement my current income doing something active and interpersonal because, hopefully, personal training allows for more part-time opportunities. Sitting in one chair for 9 hours a day is brutal. Aikido is a good outlet. But if I could earn some extra money while doing something active on top of Aikido, all the better. Following that, I'll get myself into a gym and try to make some sort of consistent part time gig happen.
2) After establishing myself at a gym, I will begin preparing my portfolio for MICA's MFA in Illustration Practice. I have more research to do in this area but everything seems to be telling me that it's a good idea. On top of the MFA, if you play your cards right, you can walk out of there with a certificate to teach art at the collegiate level. That would be a nice fall-back option for later on if Illustration jobs are hard to come by.
3) Personal training will be a good asset at that time because MICA's program is 2 years full-time so I would need a job that allows me to work part time. Unfortunately, my current job would probably be unrealistic to continue with while in school. Training could be a great way to make the money I need to live in the most flexible way possible.
This is the ideal. Let's see how close I can get to making it a reality. It's the first time in a long time that I've figured out quantitatively and qualitatively what I can/want to be doing to move myself toward a happier existence. If nothing else, I'll walk away with a lot more knowledge and a much broader experience.
If it turns out that personal training is what I love, I might end up transitioning into that full time as well! I just don't see myself completely abandoning art. I'd love to make it my career but if training works better as a career leaving art open for freelance or personal projects, so be it. At least I'll be more active and less stir crazy in my full-time existence.
Here's to hoping!
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