Irony.

Interview is a little less than a year old.

Listen to this man tell the story about what was goin on in his life after he graduated college...



Why is this entry titled "Irony"?
Because he found himself at a telemarketing job working phones for a Queens newspaper AFTER he finished school, just to make ends meet. He kept grindin until shit fell into place for him.

Where did I find myself 2 months after graduating from St. John's?
With the New Jersey Nets in the ticket sales department. Cool? Not really.
I was essentially a telemarketer, makin $8.50/hr (yea that's right) plus comission, to hustle people over the phone to buy tickets, just to get hung up on most of the time.

I decided quick fast that wasn't why I went to college. So after a year of looking for a "career" and not just a "job", and coming up empty handed, I took things as a sign from God.

A sign to stop being worried about whether or not I could handle graduate school, or if I would be in over my head if I got accepted. I decided if I could land a Graduate Assistant position to cover tuition, going back to get my Master's would be a much better option than anything else out there.

Low and behold, I applied for grad school, got in, and landed the GA position too. Now I'm going back to Queens in the fall to get my Master's in Sports Management. Go figure.

I was always a realistic dude, but not long ago I came across this quote and it really hit me...

Being realistic is the most commonly traveled road to mediocrity.

You never know until you try, real talk. I'm giving things a shot now, not hoping that they work out, but expecting them to.

God bless.