It’s been a long time since I “blogged” with any sort of regularity. Like a locomotive, I expect my writing may be a bit choppy as I work up some momentum. Bear with me as I knock some of the rust off my writing gears.
This month, I started my 28th year. There are many changes coming up in my life, and I want to document the many thoughts and experiences that occur on my journey. I hope that any of you out there reading this find it useful or entertaining, hopefully both!
After seven years of rationalizing, ignoring, debating, and lamenting dropping out of college at Texas A&M University, I’ve submitted my application to go back. I was incredibly resistant to the idea, and it took me weeks to write my essays and click the “Submit” button. Now that it’s done, I’m very excited, and just a bit nervous. I’ll be studying to become a High Priest of Tesla, i.e. an electrical engineer. I’m kicking around the idea of moving into a double major in mechanical engineering as well, but one thing at a time. My application is currently in limbo until Admissions gets my transcript for my remedial coursework from last fall and spring at the community college. Once that’s done, it goes to my advisor for approval. I’ve talked to her about my application, and she said that she didn’t see any reason why I wouldn’t be admitted.
A few weeks ago, I had the crazy idea to build myself a tiny house. I had read about them years ago on Inhabitat, and hadn’t thought about them much since. A few days ago, found a video about them on Fair Companies, and I was immediately hooked by them. I’ve never liked paying rent, and a tiny house would be an opportunity for me to own my house much earlier than would be likely otherwise. Financially, it takes time to make sense, but that’s not the only reason I’m doing it. Historically I’ve not been as much of an adventurer as I would like. I feel obligated to have the logistics completely planned out for any project I do, down to the last molecule. This level of obsessive detail ends up being overwhelming most of the time, and my dreams stay just that, dreams. This dream is challenging, and intimidating. Every one of my “play it safe” gremlins is counseling me to be careful, to make sure I’ve got everything figured out and accounted for. I’ve looked at this for several weeks, and I feel it is very possible, but I don’t know exactly how yet. I still want to try for it. Crazy? Maybe.
I turned in my notice at work last week, and I wrap up at work next Thursday. Having been working pretty much all the time since I dropped out of school, I have a lot of uncertainty around quitting. I have some savings, so I shouldn’t have any problems, but that doesn’t keep the worry-engine from churning. That would be a fun steampunk art sculpture…”The Worry-Engine”
I’ve already found an affordable place to rent while I’m going to school and building my house, so that’s another item off the list. I cannot move in for a few more weeks, so I’m going to spend the first part of August packing and preparing for the big move.
I don’t have any idea what this adventure is going to look like, but it’s going to be fun. Why? Because I said so.
2 comments:
Because I said so. Powerful words. Loved this post, Jonathan. Love YOU!
So, it's been a couple of years. How goes the tiny house project, and school?
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