Thank you Diana for sending me this totally inspirational blog Penelope Trunk Blog. It is not only addicting to read, but will certainly entertain me and procrastinate my studying for boards in the upcoming months. I already read the two entries about soul searching and career choices. Definitely worth a read if you are as conflicted about your career choices as we are.
Diana and I have been friends for over 10 years! That is a lot of years for 25 year-old girls who move around and change friendships during their twenties. I am calling her my grilled cheese friend because that is basically where our friendship began. I drove her home from school. She made me grilled cheese.
Since high school we have changed...but only a little. She is getting a PhD in Biology and I am pursuing dentistry. Sure, we have different hobbies and groups of friends now. Diana is a food junkie and loves fashion, but she still loves me despite knowing I am obsessed with babies. One of the most common things we share as best friends right now is still figuring out what we what to do with our degrees. We are intelligent, sassy, and curious, and yet, I think we both have no idea what to do career-wise. I personally felt more confident at 18 or 21; I was organized and I determined to become a dentist. Now I have motivation, but not in the same way I did four years ago. I want to start a family and I want a career that I will love, but more than that I want to be successful. Am I asking for too much and it's not even the holidays or my birthday yet? Diana would have to guest post to describe her feelings (hint, hint).
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I had to go back to the Penelope Trunk Blog just to remind myself that I cannot be someone else or have someone else's exact career despite how clever or relatable it is to me. But, that is the exact challenge I have felt for several months.
Can I convince myself that fixing someone's teeth will make a difference? Probably not. That is when I start to throw around the idea of consulting and I drive Dev nuts because he knows that I don't know what that entails!
Back to my grilled cheese friend, Diana! I thought of writing this when I saw a post on Penelope Trunk about how co-workers can change your life. I don't have any co-workers right now and most of my classmates simply drive me insane, so I thought of someone that makes my life better and I instantly thought of Diana. A week earlier, I wrote how my friends constantly motivate me to pursue new interests and she is certainly one of those people. She is always exploring new things and how to better herself. She makes me think outside the box and keeps me on my feet. She is also pretty damn good at making grilled cheese and bakes like no other!
So, thank you Diana for not only being my best friend, but for always inspiring me, even by just sending me fun blogs to read.
Diana and I have been friends for over 10 years! That is a lot of years for 25 year-old girls who move around and change friendships during their twenties. I am calling her my grilled cheese friend because that is basically where our friendship began. I drove her home from school. She made me grilled cheese.
Since high school we have changed...but only a little. She is getting a PhD in Biology and I am pursuing dentistry. Sure, we have different hobbies and groups of friends now. Diana is a food junkie and loves fashion, but she still loves me despite knowing I am obsessed with babies. One of the most common things we share as best friends right now is still figuring out what we what to do with our degrees. We are intelligent, sassy, and curious, and yet, I think we both have no idea what to do career-wise. I personally felt more confident at 18 or 21; I was organized and I determined to become a dentist. Now I have motivation, but not in the same way I did four years ago. I want to start a family and I want a career that I will love, but more than that I want to be successful. Am I asking for too much and it's not even the holidays or my birthday yet? Diana would have to guest post to describe her feelings (hint, hint).
.
.
.
I had to go back to the Penelope Trunk Blog just to remind myself that I cannot be someone else or have someone else's exact career despite how clever or relatable it is to me. But, that is the exact challenge I have felt for several months.
Can I convince myself that fixing someone's teeth will make a difference? Probably not. That is when I start to throw around the idea of consulting and I drive Dev nuts because he knows that I don't know what that entails!
Back to my grilled cheese friend, Diana! I thought of writing this when I saw a post on Penelope Trunk about how co-workers can change your life. I don't have any co-workers right now and most of my classmates simply drive me insane, so I thought of someone that makes my life better and I instantly thought of Diana. A week earlier, I wrote how my friends constantly motivate me to pursue new interests and she is certainly one of those people. She is always exploring new things and how to better herself. She makes me think outside the box and keeps me on my feet. She is also pretty damn good at making grilled cheese and bakes like no other!
So, thank you Diana for not only being my best friend, but for always inspiring me, even by just sending me fun blogs to read.
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| I had a portrait photo chosen, but this one was just so much more perfect |
Love,
Juliet
Thank God for friends like that! Please understand how truly blessed u are. My grilled cheese friend was truly my soul sister. We could finish each others sentences :) . We could talk for hours on the phone everyday and still not run out of gossip :) . We would even watch tv together in silence, but still on the phone. I love regular potato chips (yes, i know i'm weird) and she hated them but her cupboard would always be full with lays regular chips.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately she passed away in may 2008. I can still remember everything about that night.
So pleeeeeeease people cherish and love our grilled cheese friends (in my case, lays. Potato chip friend). Tomorrow is never guaranteed.
Sandy_s
hey! i don't know if you ever saw this, but i thought of you and dev. :)
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ71PbytFx0&feature=related
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