Twenty | Five

Twenty | Five

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Right Brained or Left Brained?



My mom called me this morning (as most of you know, I talk to her every day, sometimes 4 times a day) but, she was calling me to tell me about an author that she went to go see the other night. His name is Daniel Pink, some of you may already know of him. During this presentation, he was explaining the difference between the left and right side of our brains. Theoretically speaking and from the picture above, the Right Brain functions in more Holistic Thought, while the Left functions in more Analytic Thought. Pretty interesting....Are you right or left brained?? 

I am pretty sure I'm right-brained all the way. Math and analytical matters aren't really my thing...meaning I'm not very good at it and would much rather look at pictures and doodle instead of analyzing numbers logically. But i do looove Science. Hmmm...

Anyhow, my mom was saying that Daniel was explaining the economy's increase in demand for people who are right-brained. The more creative, intuitive and holistic type. Which is great for our generation, especially for those of you that are in your twenties and are still trying to find stable jobs out there in this terrible economical world.

So....start using the RIGHT side of your brain everyone! Let's "be the change we want to see in the world!" -Gandhi

This is Daniel Pink's book that he was referring to in his presentation. Check it out: "A Whole New Mind" - Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future. 


Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Complicated, raw, unpredictable and exciting..yep, that sounds about right.

So, here it goes. I decided to start writing a blog to see who else out there is going through the same twenty-something experiences that I am right now. I'm 25..pushing 26 in a month, but I definitely still feel like I'm 22, 23 at the oldest. Yesterday, my Mom and I were talking about how she was married and pregnant when she was my age. Crazy.

Started making me think about how fast time flies by. Here I am in my mid-twenties, already. I feel like I just graduated high school....that is until I started receiving wedding announcements from some of my closest friends (many of which I graduated with) and it puts things into perspective. Am I really at that age now?! Are we really old enough to get married? Settle down? Have kids?.... None of my amigos have started having little bambinos yet, but when that day comes, that's when reality will really set it for me. 

At this day in age, people are getting married at all ages. 16, ugh don't even get me started...., 37, 50, 60, shit 75 (gotta love cougars, you go girls!), but the average age seems to be 25-28. So, this must be why all of my closest co-workers - who, by the way, are around this age, married and/or have children - keep asking me when I am getting engaged?!? As if I wasn't confused about enough in my life, now I have to think about the way people perceive me and my relationship? I know they mean well, it's just funny to think about. Because, again...I still feel like I'm 22 :)


Anyhow, this is partially why life in your twenty-somethings is so damn confusing. Some of my friends are still in college, most have graduated with a masters and/or are well into their career. Some are married, some are engaged, some are very single and no where near to settle down. But, MOST have significant others. Including myself. Those of us that are in a serious relationship, even those of us that don't, are kinda in the "in-between" phase in life, I feel like...
I still want to party like a rockstar, but I work extremely hard because I have to be the best at what I do and I am never satisfied. I loooove it in AZ, but I'm so far from what is most important to me in life, my family. So...do I move closer to home? But, I don't have a job back there! I have a wonderful boyfriend who I adore, and just because we're at "that age" does it mean we are ready to get married? And does that mean we have to settle down? I just still feel so selfish, yet at the same time, I am ready to take it to the next step in my life. But, WHAT IS THAT NEXT STEP?!
I believe I am having a mid-twenties crisis. 
Oh well. Right now, I am just going to keep living by this motto "work hard, play hard". It's the only solution that I have.