My life is constantly in a state of being caught between a rock and a hard place. I am always being forced into decisions where I am expected to make the best choice for my future; which is usually a choice between the lesser of two evils. In my professional life and my personal life, I find myself stuck with choices I do not want to make.
In my professional life, I am faced with a choice to stay in school, or to join the ranks of my colleagues and commit myself to my career exclusively.
Both prospects could benefit my future. If I stay in school, I could gain more of the knowledge and contacts I will desperately need in my highly competitive field of choice. If I chose to continue working full time and to discontinue going to school full time, I could potentially get a promotion and start reaping the rewards of professional success at a very young age.
Staying in school is something I have always wanted, but the simple fact that I am doing so well in my current employment situation makes my thoughts run to the haunting words friends and some family members have been mumbling for years, “being in school is holding you back.” If I abandon my schooling, or push back graduate studies for a few years, I fear I will never make a master’s degree become reality. I don’t want a reality without higher education.
I do want to live a life of contentment. I want to do well at work. I want to be able to provide for myself and eventually I would like to be able to provide for my parents when they age. I fear if I do not get myself into a position of power in a company early in my life, I may not be able to make my dreams a reality.
Worrying is a part of my everyday reality. I am always worrying myself into a position between a rock and a hard place. I don’t need to make these choices at the immediate moment, but there are very tough choices in my future I don’t necessarily know how I will answer yet. Hopefully working my thoughts out through a blog will better orchestrate my thought process to help me make the right decisions.
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ReplyDeleteI know how you feel! I overanalyze and consequently, worry too much about everything. The future is overwhelming, especially when you have a major as competitive and lacking in available jobs as journalism. (You never mention what major you are, what your current employment is, or what job you would like to have in the future. I would add that information in to give the reader a little more insight of your life.)
ReplyDeleteIn terms of grammar:
For the second sentence, apply what we learned in the Wiki Stylebook: When using “which,” be sure to use a comma instead of a semicolon before the word. In the sentence “In my professional life….”, you do not need the comma between the two choices since it is only listing two things. I would add “that” between “knowledge and contacts” and “I will desperately” to clarify the sentence. Be careful to use the correct tense-“chose” should be “choose” since it is not in the past.
As for the “haunting words”, I would introduce that quote with a colon instead of a comma. Again, listing two options (“abandon my school or push back graduate studies”) does not necessitate a comma before the “or.”
When a compound sentence has two independent clauses joined by a conjunction, there needs to be a comma before the conjunction (in this case: “and”). An example would be the sentence that starts with “I want to be able to be able to provide…”
Instead of “at the immediate moment,” try “immediately” to be more concise.
Overall, a very good read.