OK, the obligatory general info. I'm a 27-yr-old witch who recently graduated from Guilford College. with a degree in psychology and English. I went the temp route for a while due to the age-old problem of being told I'm "overqualified" for most entry-level positions, yet not having enough experience to qualify for any other positions. Currently, I work at Barnes and Noble where I just received a promotion to lead bookseller.
I'm not currently going to do anything professionally with my psychology degree (though psychology is something you use all the time in everyday life), because, well, you reallyneed at least a Master's Degree for that. I've no doubt that I will eventually go on to get my Master's degree, but for now, I'm ready for a change. Right at graduation I just wanted to be finished with school. I liked my classes but they really didn't enthrall me the way classes once did. I am mature enough to know that I'm currently not mature enough for a masters or Ph.D program. For now, I like the bookstore; it at least fits in SOMEWHAT to what my degree is in, I work with some really cool people, and I have an opportunity to move up. Not a bad deal.
The first question I was asked upon graduating was, "was it worth it?" Initially, to be honest with you, I wasn't sure at first. I thought that maybe it was, but hadn't quite decided for sure. Now, more than a year later, I know that I gained too much from the college experience to even imagine what my life would have been like if I hadn't gone. I have often heard it said that it isn't the destination, but the journey to the destination that holds the most meaning. I find this true in this instance. The formal training, of course, is an integral part of it. But it is so much more than that. There are people in my life that I never would have met otherwise; there are volunteer activities that changed my life beyond belief; books I read that I never would have known existed. Music, ways of writing, ways of thinking, ways of talking. Nearly everything I have in my life now, even down to my personal religion, seems to have come about as a result of my one decision, years ago, to go to college. Now, I have graduated and am slowly beginning the move into this thing called My Life.
At any rate, I'm gradually putting my life together. I have wonderful friends that I wouldn't take the world for (you know who you are!), I have thus far survived everything life has thrown at me.
My religion has also become an important part of my life in recent years. As I mentioned above, I am a witch. I am not a devil-worshipper, nor do I regularly sacrifice cats or babies or virgins or any combination of the above. And, just because I am not Christian does not mean I am anti-Christian. Frankly, if you think that not being Christian means that someone is anti-Christian, then YOU are the one with the insecurities in your belief system. I DO believe that we have some control in our destiny, and I DO believe that all the different belief systems in the world are facets of the same thing. All the gods are one, and all that, according to Marion Zimmer Bradley.
In other areas of my life, I have a special interest in abuse survivors and am collecting a list of resource page which consists of a list of both local and national crisis lines, as well as links to web pages which I have found informative and helpful. Some of these links are links to pages friends maintain; others are links that I have merely come across in my wanderings on the web and have found interesting enough to deserve more traffic. Some of these may be triggering for some people; if you're vulnerable, take care of yourself as you're browsing these pages.
This is me, at this point in time. For better or worse, I am witch, friend, lover, tutor, mentor, student, and all-around goofball. Welcome to this part of my life: I hope you find these pages helpful, useful, or at the very least, amusing.
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