Wednesday, May 12, 2010

back to the future

Physically and mentally in a billion places right now. This week found me having many serious conversations with my dog, Little Brother, parents.

Unsurprisingly, Little Brother's advice was the most useful. Maybe I listen to him more because I know exactly where his advice comes from; maybe he just knows how to talk to me better than anyone. In any case, I am being forced to admit that my attempt to simultaneously recharge, regroup, and pursue my dreams has not been as successful as I had hoped, and that it is time to re-evaluate my strategy and chart a different course. I am not giving up on myself, but it feels like it. I feel like I have failed in so many ways--to try hard enough, to come up with clear and reasonable goals, to do what I set out to do.

In some ways I blame it on Illinois. I never feel so lost and defeated as when I'm in Illinois. It's not a bad place, but something about it just says to me, "Welcome back, loser!"

Tomorrow I am going back to Argentina with a somewhat heavy heart, like I am just postponing the inevitable--because then I will be returning stateside to start Life Plan 898, but the plan doesn't yet exist, and it's anybody's guess what that will be. I keep waiting and looking out for plans and opportunities, seeking out what I think will be my next big thing, but the pattern that is emerging is just scattershot and schizophrenic, not exactly the stuff of employability.

I have started to plot a return to San Francisco, and am looking for work. It sounds dangerously like what I was doing oh, seven years ago, but with 25 pounds on my former self. Each of those pounds represents moments of celebration, intoxication, indulgence, laziness, and...storing up reserves for my future days of unemployment.

7 comments:

Papagayo said...

i am ecstatically and selfishly jumping for joy right now! wahoo!!! and i would remind you to gentle with yourself- don't want to beat yourself up too much because don't forget, you gotta take yourself with you wherever you go. besides,what was so unproductive about what you did in Arg? I love you!!!!

Papagayo said...

YAY YAY YAY YAY!

Unknown said...

SF will welcome you home with open arms.

Luis Celestino said...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=va1t6a0zCkQ&feature=player_embedded

Unknown said...

ok karim said that my comment wasn't mean enough. pffftt. seriously love your blog, you crack me up and your writing is so real.

seriously said...

thanks my darlings, i miss you too...

Anonymous said...

You have got to try to stop looking at life in terms of success and failure. These little trivialities distract from the true work you do every day. And that is making this world a better place. ... Love from the trees in Portlandia