Oct/090
Andrew Meyer and the Meaning of Life
Greetings! Been a bit under the radar as of late. Feeling the need to post more than the usual 145 characters tonight. Life has been quite an adventure as of late. College graduation brought about an urgent need to figure out what I was put out on this earth to do and fly with it. So I decided to go for it and take off for an adventure working for a startup in Colorado. What an adventure it was! Hard work, fun travels, great people and utter failure..haha. I truly met some amazing people who had similar drive to myself, but I realized I was missing something. My skills were not anywhere near up to par compared to these people! So the adventure was short lived and I got to feel a big failure for probably the first time in my life (well..second…but that’s another story). (or third…moving on). This landed me my next and current place of residence…my parents house! Yes, I have become part of the phenomenon that experts have labeled, the Boomerang Generation. Basically it occurs when a budding young adult leaves the nest, lives an independent life for a few years and then returns to the nest. I am not really proud of this and really am trying to do what I can to shake this label off me. Unfortunately the job market is quite scarce and I am forced to take what I can get (leaving me financially unable to deal with rent and student loans). Really is quite frustrating.
So where am I going with this post? Basically I am writing this for myself as a reminder of how I got where I currently am and where I should not be in the next year. It can be quite numbing on the mind to have the constant expectant eyes of parental figures peering at your every move while in a state of experimental soul searching, but I believe I can get myself out of this. Through my past few months in this search, I have come to the conclusion that the drive that got me to Colorado should be used to focus in on myself, one step at a time. This is going to be a time of skill building and experimentation. There are going to be many failures, but I believe opportunities will begin to arise if I keep my head up. Anyways, I think I am going to rest my tired mind for the time being (tonight) and get some rest. I will be posting this unedited, unreferenced and will hopefully be posting more and more as I continue my journey. Happy trails!
Jun/092
Farewell Colorado, Hello South Dakota
View of Boulder from the Royal Arch
I just got back to South Dakota after a six week internship at Blitzlocal. They are a local online marketing agency and are experts at what they do. I have decided to take what I’ve learned apply it to the Sioux Falls area. It is going to be rough at first, but I have some ideas to make it work. So what did I do in Colorado? I started out doing some engineering projects, but it really didn’t work out. I ended up learning a lot though and decided that engineering isn’t what I want to do in life. It’s a good thing I figured that out now, instead of when I’m in a cubicle farm getting a salary and going crazy. It took the advice of Dennis Yu, Chad King, and Jay Martin to help me figure this out. They have really put a lot of thoughts in perspective for me and are really good people to know. I had a blast up there doing some great hikes and bike rides. I also worked a ton and got very little sleep. Expect more posts about my experience up there.
So what now? First off I am going to start doing show skiing again at Catfish Bay. I almost went professional with my skills there, but put it off to focus on my degree. There’s a good chance I might try and go professional again. We shall see where events lead me though.
Secondly, I am going to pick up music again. Today I got my acoustic guitar back from Sioux Falls Music. I got to chat it up with the lead guitarist of Kory and the Firefllies and learn about some possible music ventures to pursue. With my twelve years of trumpet playing experience I should be able to grab some pretty sweet gigs.
Finally, starting today, I am going to start regularly posting on my blog. I plan to really get into it and make some posts about the process I used to get there. Hopefully I can inspire other people in the area to do the same. I plan on checking out some live music events in Sioux Falls and post about those.
That’s about it in a nutshell. I have other ambitions, but some doors have to open for me first. I think this is a pretty good start 
Jun/090
Hey there!
Good to see you stumbled upon my blog! My name is Andrew Meyer and I am new to the blogging world. I’ve decided that I want to document events in my life and make some posts on some of my interests. I’m just getting started, but I hope to provide some good content really soon.