Back at Brewed

I'm back here at Brewed Awakening where this little blog began. I used to spend a lot more time here last year when I didn't live in Berkeley; this was my home base, with the huge and disproportionate mural on the wall and the locals aspeakin' the Spanish. Ah these couches...

So I think I am officially 98.5% sure that I'm moving to the Mission after school, hoping to bump this up to good old 100% by Saturday. Tatyana said don't do it unless you fall in love with it, and then I went and fell in love with it. I'm ready for true independence (eventually :)), struggling to make it on my own, doing what I need to do to save, volunteering where it really matters, figuring out where I can be useful and going there. Recently I've been feeling the pressure to do everything Right Now, to fulfill all of my ambitions and dreams the second I graduate, all because of this vague fear that was I do in the week following my graduation will inevitably set the course of the rest of my life. But the wise, supportive words of parents, friends, Joes, and even my own brain made me understand that it's ok to take things slow, to take things fast, to try new, scary things, to think things through, to seize opportunities, I can try whatever I want to. Taking risks and trying things out has worked so far, so I think I'll keep doing it. If my choices suck, I can make new, better ones. I actually like not knowing what the future holds! Nice!

Before all of this self-discovery and amelioration, it would be nice to pass my environmental economics final. Better hop to.