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So I think I've identified my Big Goal in Life and forgot that it's probably going to take baby steps to get there. There's one person I know who's kind of been an inspiration, even though our paths are very different. He's my friend Brian and he graduated last May with a major in Business (I believe, I'm not sure of the specifics.) Anyway, he got a job pretty quickly after graduation, lived at home for a few months, then got his own studio apartment back in the city. After visiting him and seeing his place and hearing about his job and his future goals it made me re-evaluate where I should be heading.

I have this big idea in my head that I'm going to graduate and find some awesome residency, internship, or job in my dream city Seattle. That's probably not going to happen. I was sitting in my room earlier and I realized how I liked Milwaukee and that maybe I'm not ready to leave it in seven months. Not right away. I was searching internships for photography in the area and came across spring and summer ones. I can start small in the city I'm in (or alternatively move back home to Madison, live with my parents for a while to save up money, and work there.)

I mostly need to start small because my resume is lacking. I need a lot more experience, personally and professionally. A graduate student teaches my senior seminar class and she suggested that we make 1 year, 5 year, and 10 year goal lists. And I already do this, but it's all in my head.

1 Year Goals (Nov 2010-Nov 2011)
-Apply for UWM journalism internship
-Apply to UWM's newspaper The Post
-Apply for spring internships in Milwaukee
-Apply for summer internships in Milwaukee/Madison
-Apply for summer residencies where ever
-Apply for galleries & exhibitions for emerging artists
-Travel to Seattle in the summer for a week vacation
-A 10-15 hour paid internship next semester would be ideal

5 Year Goals (2011-2015, I'll be 26))
-Have internship, gallery, and exhibition experience
-Possible grad school graduate within the 5 years
-Traveled to more than 5 cities I've never seen
-Lived on my own
-Have my own cat (hahaha I'm sorry, I had to put this.)

10 Year Goals
-I don't think I'm ready for this one. I'll be 33.

So, here we go.