Life or something like it

In an effort to be a real life person who has a job that they love I've launched a website. I never used to think that what I posted online mattered much, but as of late I've been forced to recognize that my "personal brand" or "online identity" is becoming more and more important in the job hunt.

Prospective employers often screen candidates by checking out their Twitter, Facebook and other social media outlets. Red flags for them could be anything from an ill placed f-bomb to inappropriate pictures.

While I don't really know how I feel about this as an employment practice, it has really made me think twice before venting via social media. Now I think before speak and Google before I Tweet.

These days when we're able to click a button and publish our thoughts, feelings and basically anything to the world, can we really ask others not to judge us on what we put out there for public consumption??

all my ducks,

Are not in a row, and needless to say they are becoming rowdy.

Did you ever as a child think "When I'm (insert reasonable sounding age here) I'll be married, stable in a career of my choice and own a house." ?? I did, and now that I'm approaching my reasonable sounding age of 26 and I have none of those things I'm left thinking, well now what?

I'm closer than some people, I've finished school and started (slowly but surely) down my career path but I live at home and have no significant other to speak of (that's not really an issue, its just yet another thing that I thought I'd have figured out by now).

I mean when my grandmother was my age she was raising 4 children, holding down a job and generally just being remarkable. On my 17th birthday she called me to tell me that at my age she was pregnant with my mother, the times have definitely changed.

All this being said, I wouldn't change a thing about how my life has played out, I might however go back in time and tell the child me to quit day dreaming so much and focus on the now, because I've realized over the past year that the now is what really matters.