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Opportunities are Knocking
Will you let them in?
As I have exited college and entered the “real world”, I have learned a few things. I have noticed differences in my schedule, creating routines, real work, what it’s like to have money, what it’s like to have bills, and much more.
One of the biggest things I have learned and still am learning is how many opportunities I have.
In college, I had tons of opportunities as well, and I took advantage of them. But they are in the past now; I can’t play college intramurals bowling anymore. I figured that once I was in the working world, those opportunities would vanish because my time would vanish.
It is both true and untrue that I have less time than in college. My actual 40 hours at work is definitely greater than how many hours I was in class each week (especially the weeks when I didn’t go to class). However, in school, I had buckets of homework, projects, and tests to study for. And if I wasn’t studying, then in the back of my mind I was worrying because no matter what I was doing I really should have been studying.
I was always working in school; either because I was…
