Summer Adventure Game Plan

To continue with this blog's overall lack of direction and organization, I want to brainstorm fun things to do this summer!

- Many ski resorts have zip line courses now. I really want to try this. There is one at Smugglers Notch, and it looks really exciting. They are very expensive, I can't spend my life worrying about money.

- Go to Montreal. It's so close. It's a neat city. Even just for a day!

- Camping. Preferably on a lake, near hiking trails and reasonably close to Burlington.

- Drain the extra water in the flooded Lake Champlain. Then, the beaches will open and I can go swimming! I haven't figured out how to do this yet.

This is a good place to start. I would be impressed if I make it to all of these things before the end of the summer. Especially the lake. Anyone have a giant sponge?

Reasons Why I Shouldn't Blog.

Being a student is much different than working in the professional world. In some ways they are similar, such as both require you to produce content, in hopes of getting better the next time. (Remember, I'm talking about media related jobs and college courses).

Now that I'm helping a company make videos for their website as an internship / summer job, I've been comparing the experience to classes. All my life, I've been taking classes, so this is all I have to work with.

College: Teachers already tell you how they want you to do a project
vs
Work: Your boss tells you what they hope to accomplish from your project


College: Teachers have already have planned everything
vs
Work: You have to plan everything


College: Teachers have nothing to loose if you don't finish a project. Of course, they will still help if you reach out to them.
vs
Work: You boss has time and money invested in the project. They constantly want to know how things are going, increasingly motivating you to work.

College: You have many projects, many classes and not a lot of time to work on projects. The project is stressful, it's always on your mind.
vs
Work: You have 8 hours per day to work. You don't have to think about it at home.


College: I want to do better work then my classmates
vs
Work: I want to do the best work I can.


Of course, many of these probably don't apply to every job. They are just observations I have made recently.

These aren't reasons why I shouldn't blog. And this is probably a reason why I shouldn't blog. Also that I don't have the motivation to keep up with the content.

I always laugh at companies that have a blog or a Twitter. But don't produce content. This is what I am doing....but I'm going to leave it for now.