Building an empire, marrying rich or starting a food truck.

There’s nothing quite like a quarter life crisis. Half of my Facebook “friends” (there’s got to be a more accurate title… “people”?) are getting engaged. The other half are pounding Smirnoff Ice, demanding AUX cords in ubers and keeping their Greek row dream alive.  College ended, and we’re all facing a fork in the road. There may be a “road less traveled”, but there are 8923 other directions to choose.  So how does a millennial stay in the present without stressing about the future? About the everyday choices that might snowball into a brand new path? Wine. The answer is wine.

With any luck, this copywriting career will hand-hold me down the right path. But even on the best of days, that voice in the back of my head still remains. “Am I any good? Do I really suck? Is the back of my hair doing that alfalfa sprout thing? Oh god, what if I fail and get fired and have to work at Wendy’s?!” It’s hard to not get caught up in that cerebral negativity goblin. Truly, it’s a real task to shut her up every day.

Maybe I’ll quit advertising and go rogue. Maybe I’ll find someone to financially float me (unlikely I’d let that happen, but let’s not rule anything out). Maybe I’ll bounce around agencies until something really sticks (much more likely). Accepting that I can’t control everything is step 1. I do not like step 1. So while I learn to sit back and let things happen naturally, I’ll focus on what I can control in my day to day. Like what to order for lunch on Postmates… Indian or sushi?