Ad Vitam Paramus

"We are preparing for Life" - a popular Latin phrase, especially amongst universities throughout the United States. As students we realized that the time and effort we put into our work would eventually pay off later on down the road once graduation came and the ultimate decision of what to do next (which was looming in the background unseen for so long) had imminently dawned upon us. It was college though, so parties were an obligation! and in a way that prepared us for life as well, structuring our social side and personality.

Each individual found his/her own way of coping with the “balancing act” of studies and social activities. Some partied more then others, some studied more, others had more items to juggle such as a job or playing a collegiate sport. Yet, at the end of it all graduates can say “we made it.” At least I remember feeling that way plus I couldn’t wait to get out! I took my lsat’s just incase I wasn’t able to find a job and then made the decision of not going back to school. After a few months on Wall Street I really started to miss college, well the fun things about college. For me that was playing division one soccer and having a large amount of time to put towards my social life (especially during the off season lol).

Nowadays time is scarce and everything is fast paced, my path which used to be somewhat foreseeable has become blurred. I’m not sure weather I’ll even been living in this country a week from now. Not that I have any plans on moving, just that work elsewhere occasionally calls. I’ve been in 6 different countries this year – thank the lord (or bill gates) for internet and online education so that I can continue to educate myself while working. Intensity of global market movements, the abundance of information, the lack of sleep, watching coworkers get fired daily and high ambition to get ahead; all lead to severe stress levels. The rewards thus far have been immense but it comes at a cost to the quality of life.

This is the life I’ve chosen but based upon turnover ratios and websites that track peoples job changes it isn’t uncommon for a person to switch career’s from one industry to another multiple times throughout their life.

Well enough information about myself, I’ll post more under my profile so that you can get better knowledge of my background. My reasoning for making this blog is to question the quality of life. What is life? What does/should it entail? How much work is enough? How much money is enough? How much free time is needed to remain sane in a crazy world? And many more questions like that which I hope you’ll enjoy being a part of.


I’ll end my first post w/ a saying from the fortune cookie I ate during lunch today – “Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.”