Simple goes a long way

Tonight I had dinner with the President of NYU. John Sexton, J. Sex as students call him, was surprisingly entertaining. I really enjoyed learning about him and his experiences that have made him the man he is today. I didn't really expect him to be there until the end and figured that he would only stay for a couple of minutes, but he was present for the two scheduled hours and some change. He doesn't come from an affluent background like you may think, and he even graduated college with a 2.1 GPA. A man by the name of Charlie Rose has driven him to create what NYU is today. He says this NYU is all "Charlie's vision." I can't wait to read the biography that I'm going to pick up from his office tomorrow.
Something that I've been thinking about a lot lately is what the fuck am I going to do when I graduate? I always thought I knew exactly what I wanted to do and exactly where I wanted to be. I NEVER thought I'd be at a crossroad. I've always been so certain that I wanted to be a journalist and live in New York City. But lately, I've been having second thoughts...and thirds...and fourths. I've been doubting my abilities. I am in my junior year now and I just see the rest of my time here flying by. Next semester, if all goes well, I will be studying abroad in Florence. And then I will be a SENIOR! A SENIOR! It's madness. I don't know if I want to do print or if I want to be in broadcast or if I will even be any good in either of those directions. I have no idea. But tonight I received some insightful advice, both from J. Sex and from Richard Florida, author of Who's Your City, a book that I am excited to read. Both of these great men were saying that the three biggest and most important questions in life are: 1) What you are doing 2) Where you are doing it and 3) Who you are doing it with. Now these question aren't direct answers to what I am looking for, but I think a step in the right direction towards figuring out what will make me the happiest. I've moved so many times that I know what I'm looking for, but I have a tendency to want things that I can't really have and when I have them, I want something else. So my next big goal is to figure out really what I want because my next move is going to be a big one and will affect all other aspects of my life.
J. Sex said that whenever he and his wife said goodbye to each other–whether it was on the phone or just leaving the room–they said "I love you" to one another. So before his wife suddenly died, he had left early for a meeting. Their last words to each other were "I love you." Tweet This