Quote of the Day: "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." Ralph Waldo Emerson
Part 1: High School Seniors
It's been a long time since I was a senior in high school (going on 5 years) at around this time senior projects were wrapping up... college apps had been sent in and most of my friends had found out where they were to be going to school in September. Current seniors at Souhegan have the same kinds of things to deal with even though I think senior project presentations are now at end of April or beginning of May instead of earlier in April... things have changed so much at Souhegan since I left that I'm not sure how that schedule works now. I'm sure the stress of the application process is well over and done with and that most of you know where you're going next yet. The advice that would fit your situations right now is live your final days of high school to the fullest because you will miss them (and your friends) when they're gone. When the end of the summer and your departure to your departure for college (where ever your travels may lead you close to home or far away) Embrace each day with passion and don't be afraid to try new things. When I was thinking of what clubs to join in college I kept my passions in check but wasn't afraid of trying something new and that's how I met a ton of the friends that I have now.
Part 2: College Seniors
This part of the entry is more relevant to people I am more closer to in age. I am in awe that it was only a year ago when I was in all of your shoes... stressed to the max about graduating on time and even more stressed about what I would be doing post grad. It was only in the last couple of weeks of school when I realized how much I was going to miss NEC (not so much Henniker because not a whole lot happens there but more so my friends,fellow thespians and professors) and how much I still miss it and miss all my friends. Transition from the college life to the real world is a daunting task but take it in stride and you'll do a ok. The economic down turn has had the biggest effect on me because I have struggled with finding a job since I've graduated and sometimes even pondered why I majored in what I chose to major in (wishing I had majored in education instead of communications) but I take that in stride too. The right job will come along eventually for me I am sure as I'm sure it will come along for all of you once you start the ever so daunting search. Live the final moments of your senior year to the fullest and enjoy them.
Congratulations to everyone in the class of 2009. Best of luck in whatever future endeavors you lead yourselves on.
With all these thoughts of graduating and where people will be afterwards and even what some people I graduated with last year are doing now I can't help but have a flash back to August 12th 2007. It was the last brunch at the Barn Playhouse at Wally and Bud's house where I joined in a conversation that Nic, Will and Paul where having with Bud about where they see themselves in the future. I didn't throw in my own two cents because I didn't want to interrupt anyone else's train of thought. Besides the late night talks I used to have with Will about various things after Annie Get Your Gun rehearsals or even backstage when there wasn't much else to do this conversation really stood out to me because it got me to think about where I was going with my life.. and where I would predict most of my friends from the Barn Playhouse would be after we left NLBP. Broadway bound? Well maybe not yet but everyone has to start somewhere and from the chatting i've done with various people in my intern company quite a few of them have been in either touring shows or off Broadway shows so that doesn't shock me based on the diverse range of talent that everyone had. Highly admirable. :D Love everyone in NLBP 07!! Anyway enough about that. I still think about the conversation a lot today because I guess the daunting question I consistently find myself facing is where do I see myself in 5,10,15 years? Communications is clearly the broadest major one can choose but with the way a lot of newspapers seem to be going out of business I don't know if i'll be able to make much of a career of being a theatre reviewer that's why I've done some constant rethinking of my career path and am gonna take some classes in the fall in either Early Childhood Education, Speech Pathology or Medical Coding. It's a daunting and confusing task to try to figure out what I want to do with the rest of my life..and quite challenging. It makes my head hurt.
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