After a few weeks of coasting along followed by a few months of scraping by I have come to the conclusion that it is time for me to become a functioning member of society...

I am going to get a job.

Although I am fortunate enough to have attended and graduated from a post-secondary institution, I lack most of the required in-field experience necessary for me to be considered a potential employee for many of the serious career opportunities I applied for...

I am okay with that.

I applied to be a security guard (mall-cop), costumer support agent at a calling center, receptionist at an addictions clinic, case-worker for Ontario Works (welfare), barista at a coffee-shop in town, and a slew of other minimum wage jobs.

I am not embarrassed.

As a student I fell in love with the 'people' aspect of a system that tended to fixate on the 'statistics'. I gave up on securing a well paying job to chase my dream of becoming a professional fighter, and for a second... I lived it.

I regret nothing.

I will flip burgers, pick up trash, answer phones, 'patrol' parking lots, help people get back on their feet, and anything and everything else I am physically capable of doing to fund the adventures that await me.

I am on my way.