Ivy's non dilemma dilemma

Let's get our hands dirty, shall we?

I have been thinking a lot lately about Next Year. In my anxiousness, I have also been contacted/contacted many of my friends and peers who have already been there. Here's the dilemma: do I take the job with the big consulting firm or not? I know, boo hoo, but it's a pretty big life decision. Do I make money for two years, take all of my vacation, work until all hours of the night, learn BS 101 like the back of my hand? Or, do I hold out for something better? Can I find something better? This is two years of my twenties. When else will I be young and fresh? never!

I am truly torn. So torn, in fact, that I cannot even bring myself to look at the blank sheet of paper that I hope will magically turn into a 15-page reaseach proposal which will result in my final grade for a course. I find all of this is severely pressurized and depressing. I have decided that I should just move somewhere fabulous and work it out. Paris? London? I have a great school to back me up, a good GPA (before tomorrow), and some great experience. I try to tell myself that I can take the job or leave it, but I'm not so sure. It's difficult when everyone I know is off to New York to do ibanking or consulting and make $70,000 off the bat. The Ivy League makes us so confident and unsure at the same time. It's also hard when your parents are cutting you off next year, so I'll need that money to survive....

Anyway, I may as well go out with a bang. Having procrastinated the day away by shopping, the gym, painting my nails, going to dinner with my roommate, and you name it, it is time for me to write this paper. Maybe long nights at the office will not be a problem for me.