Ten years from now...

I think a lot about the future. I think I've finally come to a point where what I want to do NOW may actually be what I end up doing. But on the other hand, I could do something completely different. My mom's major in college was forestry and she became a middle school biology teacher. My dad studied forensics in Tennessee and became a regional manager for KIA motor corporation in New Jersey. My boyfriend Kevin's parents became exactly what they went to school for... so who knows.
Well anyway, while I still really dont know what I want to DO (as in a career) in ten years, I am sure of where I want to BE. I think that I would like to be living in either Maryland or Pennsylvania because I've lived around there before and I think it's a beautiful part of the country. My boyfriend Kevin is also from Maryland along with almost his entire family, so he would like to stay close to home. I've never lived near my extended family whom are in Tennessee and Georgia, so while it would be nice to be closer, I feel like a northern girl. This brings up another part of where I would like to be in ten years. I've been dating my boyfriend for a little over a year and it's definitely the most serious relationship that I've ever been in. He's my best friend as well as my boyfriend and I think that it would be a lot of fun starting out in the real world together. But we shall see :o)
Now it's not like I havent thought at all about what I want to do for a living in 10 years. I work very well with people, I have business experience, and my mom says that I have the "gift of gab" so I think that a job in public relations would be perfect for me. Of course I would like to start out making $60 a year but I'm completely okay with living modestly for the first five or ten years.
Now lets see, in 10 years I will be 31 so I hope to have children by then. I actually hope to have children by 28 or so. EVERYONE says that I'm like a mom and I think I'd make a great one. I want to have three children and at least one boy and one girl. Just thinking about it makes me excited.
I know that I'll be successful because I'm driven and I have many leader-like attributes. The future looks bright and I'm excited to see what it brings me. I'll keep you in mind when I make my first million!

Web 2.0... The machine is us/ing us...

I really enjoyed watching this video. The first thing that I noticed was the music, which I know doesnt have much to do with the actual content, but it was still enjoyable. The video made some great points about the evolution of text and the internet. I think that someone who is about to enter the workforce needs to keep themselves up-to-date on this evolution. They need to be fluent in current technology and gadgets. Sharing information and doing business has changed to such a degree that businesses who do not use the internet seem to be in an "ice age." By "ice age" I mean that they dont seem to be progressing at all, they're stuck. To stop this from happening, businesses who have already been established need to adjust and conform to using new technology. Once employees have been trained to use new hardware, software, and gadgets, business will run more smoothly and efficiently. I have experienced this efficiency since I have come to college. My classes now require such extensive use of technology and the internet. I hear stories about how my parents used to write papers and I am SO GLAD that I can use a computer. Nowadays we use computers and the internet to do research, upload pictures, write the actual paper, and submit it to our teachers almost effortlessly. Gone are the days of typewriters, multiple copies and manual cutting and pasting. The video said "digital text is more flexible" and it truly is. With a few clicks of the mouse I can edit my entire paper.
The end of the video says that we will need to "rethink everything," and I believe that we will. Like I said before, businesses who do not jump on the technology bandwagon will be left behind. I feel confident that my knowledge of the internet and its usefulness will be a great asset when it comes time to enter the workforce.

My first blog EVER!

Hello! My name is Lindsey and this is my very first blog ever. Woo hoo, it's kind of exciting :o). I'm a junior business management major with a minor in sociology. I figure that because managers will need to deal with groups of people, and sociology is the study of groups of people, that this major and minor would work well together! But we shall see... I'm from Long Island, NY but I'm no stranger to the south. My dad was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee and my mom's side of the family all live in Tennessee and Georgia. My uncle Bill says that I'm "southern by blood." I have an older sister named Jen who graduated from Clemson last May and now lives in Charleston. That's how I found Clemson, if anyone was wondering... I have a WONDERFUL boyfriend named Kevin who just referred to what I'm doing right now as "bloggin." Well that's pretty much it for now, so I'll see ya in class!