Jack Kerouac once wrote in his famous generation-defining novel “The only ones for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time. The ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing but burn burn burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars ..” I post this quote in the hopes of portraying how wildly passionate I am about life, and of the possibilities and hope it offers. I lost three very dear friends in my 20s, and I haven’t stopped ‘living madly’ since.
Hi all, my name is Jackie, and this is my second semester in the MIS program. Funny enough, I was 18 when I was first admitted into FSU, only completing one year and heading back home to Tamarac, Florida. I’m now 35, with a teenager, and finishing up where I first began my forever-student journey. Library and Information Studies are quite new to me, as I have never wavered from my academic passion, that which is history. Although my fervor for the life of academia might bring upon another adventure, who knows. I recently graduated from the University of Edinburgh with my Masters in history, focusing on the dissemination of liberation ideology during the Cold War period specifically. However, about halfway through my journey in Edinburgh, I had an epiphany, which has brought me back to FSU to pursue becoming an academic librarian.
I currently live in Cape Coral, Florida, although after a year in Scotland I have grown quite fond of the doom and gloom type weather. Eventually I plan to head to the Pacific Northwest and then go from there. My hobbies include reading, photography, traveling, and as of late, pursuing things I am no good at in order to practice my patience and dissolve that feeling of inadequacy that accompanies not being perfect at something new the first time I try it. A fun tidbit, this summer I am planning a cross-country road trip with my boyfriend and son to visit a few National Parks and travel Route 66.
Any who, I am super excited to be in this class with all of you! I’m also near inadequate concerning digital media so I look forward to learning more in that aspect. Nice to meet you!
Hi Jackie,
It seems like we have quite a bit in common. I’m just an older model. I am most intrigued about your comment regarding “Pursuing things I am no good at” as I told my husband on our Christmas Day hike that “I miss doing things I am not good at but want to do anyway. I need to get back to get back to just doing things that I enjoy, because that is reason enough. Who says I have to be good at things?” I think I started with push ups. What about you?
Hi Jaclyne!
I loved hearing about your journey so far! Cape Coral is quite gorgeous (although i’ve only visited once), but I am still curious about what brought you back to Florida? We definitely are not known to have much doom or gloom weather (unless it’s accompanied by hurricanes that is).
I hope you enjoy your summer trip, I’ve never been on a long road trip like that and it is a dream of mine, although I struggle to contend with being in a car for longer than an hour at a time. I also wish you good luck on your new pursuits! I also relate to those feelings of inadequacy; it’s nice to know I’m not alone. Even nicer to see us both striving to push though! What’s one thing that you’ve been practicing recently?