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Published on January 20, 2010 in Life and London. 3 Comments Tags: , , .

“London School of Economics.

They accepted me. Now I have some thinking to do.”

I wrote this post in February of 2009, almost a year ago. It never got published though.

The decision to go to LSE was tough and I’m not entirely sure path this decision is leading me down. I guess we shall see.

I decided to publish this post now because of the novelty and insight from hindsight. The choice I made is now obvious and it is interesting how it dominoes into other challenges and new choices.

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  1. Tony Schwab posted the following on January 20, 2010 at 4:02 pm.

    I had a similar experience (I think) recently. I always self-analyze, but this time I stopped and thought about the past few years of my life – with a clear head I might add. I started to freak out. I went around telling everyone, “I’ve wasted 3 years of my life man! I’ve got nothing to show for it. What the fuck was I thinking?”

    While I have significantly less to show off 3 years later than you may, my statement then was inaccurate. I have a few things that I couldn’t have discovered any other way: an amazing girl and my music.

    I have so many options now, I don’t feel like I’ve wasted that time. I’m looking at schools again and actually teaching myself some very useful music theory. If you ever feel you are being led down a path, it might be time to think of more creative ways to use the skills that led you to the crossroads you’re at now, because they can take you in any direction you want to go. Or just keep going, luck generally will reward you with something (or someone) awesome to show you the way.

    To get to the Mall of America from my house, I can’t just drive on one road straight there. I have to drive to multiple intersections and exits and change roads constantly. But when I get there, and after I take a pee test at a nearby medical lab, I get to eat Panda Express – and it’s fucking good. There’s my analogy for the day.

  2. spencerb posted the following on January 20, 2010 at 4:58 pm.

    Hey, thanks for the comment, I am happy to see some thoughts that exceed the few musings I had. I am also pleased to be blogging again and me part of a community of people that is important to me.

    It is easy to take a lot of things for granted when you know what you know now. A journey seems like a great analogy…there are a lot of ways to get to the Mall and a lot of places you can stop on the way.

  3. Dan Schoppe posted the following on January 21, 2010 at 10:24 pm.

    “I decided to publish this post now because of the novelty and insight from hindsight. The choice I made is now obvious and it is interesting how it dominoes into other challenges and new choices.”

    I can empathize with the tough decision, as I was really struggling in deciding not to move to Austin last year. I think either way my life would have been fine, but it’s absolutely bazaar to ponder how things could be different if ___.

    Sometimes we all owe it to ourselves to neglect how things would be different (good or bad) from past decisions, but instead take advantage of where life brings us now. This said, I’ve been trying to become less practical with many of my decisions. I’d like to see the world, spend money that I would otherwise be saving on things like aquariums, and try to mix up what I have come to realize is an all-too-conservative lifestyle.

    T I’m glad to hear you’ve found a wonderful lady :-) We should get together sometime.

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