Taking Stock

I am going to be 27 in a few weeks. That’s creeping up on 30, I live alone with two cats, am getting divorced, have a small mountain of debt, and work in a library.

I feel like this is the part of my life where I’m supposed to be figuring out what I want to DO WITH MY LIFE, and starting on that.

Only thing is, I ain’t got no damn clue what I want to do!

I like to knit, and paint, and draw, and build things. I’m good with numbers and graphs and money. I’m not so good at fashion, I don’t think I want kids, and I’m a staunchly pro-choice liberal feminist. I like people, but they annoy the shit out of me too. I’m pro-union. I like to cook, but I’m not very good at it. I’m not any good at being “professional”, and prefer to work in smaller businesses despite the fact that I currently work for a subset of the gub’mint.

I’ve thought about doing social work, but I don’t particularly want to devote my life to something that emotionally draining. I’d like to do something that helped women. I don’t want to change diapers. I want to be creating a positive change in the world, even if it’s a really really small one. I’d like to travel and make friends.

What should I do with my life?

The "Opinionated" Knitter

I hate ponchos. A poncho by any other name, be it "capelet" or "wrap" is still a butt fugly waste of yarn. There is no outfit I have seen where I go, you know what would really complete this look? A poncho! Also, I don't like shrugs. You know, those little sleeve-things that are connected in the back? Or maybe they come down to the boobular area? Seriously, if you're going to make a sweater, just make the freaking sweater, don't half-ass it like that. Shrugs were invented when someone ran out of yarn and decided to run with it. There is no shrug I have seen that would not look better as a complete sweater. If I wanted pointless clothing, I'd watch more anime.