Well boys and girls it has been a long time since I took a shot a blogging. My first and last attempt was with the site xanga. While I still read my daily digest to keep up with my friends I have not written anything in years. But now, instead of making empty promises about this blog I'll simply get down to what I came here for.
I really miss my life back in the states. Living the college life, going to great classes, skipping the others, chilling with friends, choosing my battles. While I love my wife, her family, and my experiences to date in Argentina I also find myself facing a greater sense of impotency than ever before. Sure I have facebook arguments, read my daily newpapers to stay informed, and I even have a good number of students and jobs ahead but I don't have anything substantial to fight for.
At Midland I had Beta Sig and the whole Students Do Care/Claim Your Campus thing, my work at Alma, my work on Pine Ridge. I loved it all. Though it nearly killed me, I was actually doing something (or so I told myself). But now, despite my beauitful wife, my students, my developing language skills, I sometimes get that feeling that says "do something." Contrary to what Melissa says it really has little to do with saving the world as it does with a feeling of accomplishing something.
So, now I have a blog and soon a book club. I'm a member of Kiva and soon to be an Argentine resident. Maybe somewhere between it all I'll find that purpose. If not, I can always replay the latest Obama speech and feel like I was called to greatness.
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