sand in an hourglass

the past three years of college have flown by too quickly. i feel as though my life has been progressively getting faster and faster -- like when you push the fast-forward button on your dvd player multiple times and it jumps from 2x faster to 4x to 6x and so on. where did the past three years go? they slipped by as quickly as sand slips through the pinched gap in an hourglass.

so what now?

after you graduate, people stop asking you what you want to do with your life and begin to ask you what you are doing with it. no more concern over your future goals: every focus is on the here and now. what are you doing now, how much money are you making, how can i benefit from meeting you, etc., etc. doctor? lawyer? pharmacist? these professions can easily define a person. what about a free spirit? bohemian earth-protector? aspiring musician (instrument:

bassoon)? what of these things ... in the world's eyes: failure to grasp reality, failure to succeed.

the future. it's come too close for me to see clearly.