Well I am over a month into my internship (Crazy). So far I have enjoyed my time in Des Moines, it has been very busy with catching up with old friends, moving into my house, and work. I feel like I have mad pretty good progress in getting into a rhythm. I feel like I have been maturing a lot by accepting more responsibilities and expecting more from myself.
Let me quickly summarize where I am what. I graduated May 7Th, moved to Des Moines and started an internship with Principal. I moved into one of my former college roommate's house that is very very nice. I have 4 other roommates and it has been a pretty good experience so far. I spent a pretty good amount of my first month trying to hangout with my best friend Tommy because he just left for New Mexico for a month and then will be moving to Virginia for law school. I'm thankful we got to spend some time together.
As well as things have been going I still feel like something is missing. It might be my lack of involvement with a church since I have moved to Des Moines, it might be that I am living in Des Moines again and not somewhere new. Honestly I am not exactly sure what it is but I do not feel content or satisfied. I think part of it is my roommates are not as motivated as I would like them to be or maybe just not as interested in things outside of work, golf, and hanging out watching tv.
I graduated college and I have a serious hunger to try to do some new things. I have this serious thirst to learn new things. I want to get into biking, learn how to make cocktails, read tons of books, get involved with volunteer organizations, I would love to try to do a sprint triathlon, I want to learn how to cook, I'm 23 I don't want to slow down, I want to speed up. I'm not ready to settle down and accept where life is at, why would you want that? I feel like I'm looking for some community that is as excited to get after life as I am. I want to spend time with people that are going to push me and are open to me pushing them. I want more depth too, I want to sit out on the back porch and have real honest conversations, not spending two hours bullshiting and talking about sports. Yesterday my friend ryan and I went on a bike ride from the surburbs into downtown Des Moines. We stopped at a restaurant down town where we had some tacos and margaritas. I had a blast it was one of the best days I've had so far in Des Moines. We biked about 20 miles and just had a good time hanging out.
Honestly I think I just need a fresh start and new city. To many of my friends that live here are comfortable, I'm far from being comfortable.
