Four years ago. Who were you?

I just came across an email that my ex sent me in March 2004 and it made me think about how much of my life has changed and how much of it has stayed the same.

We had been dating for approximately four and a half years, long-distance for one and a half. I was months away from graduating college, taking something like 22 units, and interning for one of the largest radio stations in the bay area. I didn't have a job and, aside from school, spent most of my time being heavily involved in sorority life, community service, binge drinking, myspace, my weekly radio show, and one-night stands (yes, I was a cheater. not proud of it, but not gonna lie about it either.)

My problems were minimal, and my future was bright. I didn't have much money, but I didn't have many expenses either. I was driving a hand-me-down car, and I had to pay to do laundry. My rent was somewhere around $1,800 a month, split between myself and two craigslisters, one of which was a bitchy violinist that made a mess of the bathroom and a really cool older guy from Ohio that I probably would have had a tiny crush on had I not already had one on his girlfriend.

I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life, but I was confident that I could basically do anything I wanted because I was a) young and easy to mold, b) energetic and ready to do grunt work, and c) good at interviews/winning people over/taking direction from others.

Four years later, the only thing that hasn't really changed is the fact that I still don't know what I want to do with my life. Everything else has pretty much changed; some things for the better, some not.

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