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I have worked only two jobs in my professional career, one in the retail field and the other as a maintenance technician.  My responsibilities in retail included being in charge of the General Athletics department and writing schedules based on budgets and tasks that needed to get done based on who was working.  I actually enjoyed this job because I love sports and know a lot about them.  I also liked helping people, mainly parents; find the right accessories for their child or themselves.  It is corny but you could always tell when people were appreciative of what I could help them with and that was a nice feeling.

What made the job not as enjoyable was that it was RETAIL!!!  Anyone who has ever worked retail knows what I mean.  There was times were we had nothing to do and they would want us to reorganize sections just to give us something to do.  I learned that when you have a job, it really doesn’t matter what you want to do all that matters is that they are paying you so you have no choice.  I learned a lot about myself because I found myself in certain situations that I had created and had to own up to it.  It actually made me look in the mirror and decide what type of person I want to be from here on out.

Ugh..Do I have to read?

I, like many of my peers, do not like to read.  Every once in a while I find a good book that I can't put down.  When it comes to Freakonomics, I find myself in the middle.  I read it because I have to but there have been times where i couldn't put it down.  When I am reading, there are times where I read a page or two and couldn't tell you what i just read.  When this happens I usually reread the pages and take my time and really try to imagine what is taking place.

  When I read I don't really annotate because, for myself, I feel like it actually takes away from the reading and how much I get into it. Some of these readings have been quick while others have not.  Really depending on the job that I am assigned is where I get my cue on when to start reading.  Example would be being assigned the role of Moderator and having to know the content of the chapter by Wed. in order to give my group decent questions.  I commute an hour both ways and when I can try to use that time to read.  Turns out it’s a great way to forget about Bart!

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