So all's actually not fair in love and war

I've been a little uninspired as of late, but not because I'm going through some funk or an existential crisis, quite the opposite. Things are just fine and dandy, and I'm starting to finally feel like I'm getting back into the school/Atlanta/social groove (coming back from winter break is always difficult because I have to adjust from being my homebody self to being back in the presence of people my age).

I say things are fine and dandy mostly because I've stopped stressing out about the types of things that used to keep me up at night: will I ever find a job? ugh how do I meet someone at a bar? Ya, I don't really care about those things (I mean obviously I still do but I've taken on more of a "if it happens it happens" sort of attitude).

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I can't really pin-point an exact moment that caused me to change how I think; it just happened. But I will say that I have come to realize and accept something: sometimes bad things happen to good people,  but I've also found that the opposite is also true--sometimes good things happen to people who may not really deserve it. Somewhere down the line we've all met this person (or people): the one who gets a kickass job/internship/significant other/opportunity that for some reason or other you know they don't really deserve, whether it be because they don't really like what they are studying, are stupid/an idiot/asshole/you name it. Come on, I can't be the only one who's felt jipped out of something right?

If I had a dollar for every job I applied to I'd have $60. What I'm saying is that many times I think I'm deserving; I've gotten to the point where I'm confident enough in myself and my abilities to say that I am a hard worker and I deserve a job. But hey, sometimes things don't happen for us good guys. I've seen my fair share of people, who for whatever reason, are lucky enough to find themselves handed opportunities that I would love to have. It's a fact I've accepted (with a big, regretful sigh): sometimes most of the time it's about who you know, rather than who you are, that gets you ahead in life.

Or an internship at the CDC... via