Uncharted

“Compare, where you are to where you want to be, and you’ll get nowhere”

I love Sara Bareilles.  Her music can instantly put me in a good mood and her lyrics are well-written, insightful and usually challenging to some situation that I am currently facing.  One year ago today I quit my stable, full time job and focused primarily on grad school.  Although I was nervous about how it would all work, I had great supporters (hi mom and dad!) and I am now on track to graduate in less than two months!  Why I love Sara B. is because her lyrics tend to be deeper than the usual “I love life, I love everything, let’s go drink” chatter that can fill a radio station but instead they provide thought provoking ideas like the one above.  Telling us to not to compare is not a statement against planning for the future, it is about living in the moment.  I am a planner, but I also find myself wishing my time away.  I want to be _____.  You can fill in the blank.  What do we wish for so much that we can not truly appreciate our current life circumstances?  The opportunity to leave work and focus only on school is a once in a lifetime chance that I was given.   Because of this opprortunity I was also able to have quite the flexible schedule which allowed me to travel, hangout with friends and family and most importantly be a part-time nanny to my newborn niece for a few months.  So as I could be busy comparing the fact that I am an unemployed student and I desire to be a full-time counselor in the future I choose to enjoy each moment of student life until I have to trade it in for a 9-5. 

PS. The video for Uncharted is super adorable.  Enjoy