So, yesterday I went all the way across town after leaving work early (not the day to do it either, but it just worked out that way) and I drove over to the Pearson Vue testing center to take my State of Florida licensing exam. One hour and forty five minutes after arriving I was a Licensed Real Estate Agent! That's right... I PASSED! I was so excited I didn't know how to react. It was also kind of unexpected.
I came to the exam expecting to have to wait a few days or even weeks after the exam for the result, but a prompt in the beginning informed me I would get my results immediately... I don't like surprises before big exams, haha. So I spent a few dozen boring minutes reading, clicking, and calculating, then going back to double check and not changing a single one of the 100 answers. At the end, it asked me some survey questions and then informed me then exam was over and reset. Man was I concerned and confused...
Then I walked out, collected my things out of the locker (which reminded me of when I visited someone in jail), and waited for my receipt, when out prints a paper with a horrible picture of me that said in very small print "PASSED".
Stupidly, I stared at the woman with a blank look and asked "I passed?" she picked up the paper, turned it around, glanced it down, placed it back in my hands and replied "Yep. Good job." before I had a chance to flinch in an attempt to avoid a paper cut.
After that I nearly tripped over myself trying to leave, and I reached for my pocket to call people.... It wasn't there.... ...I stopped to turn around... Then remembered they require you to keep your phone in your car.
The next few minutes were a blur of congratulations and happy friends, family, and loved ones. It wasn't until I got home that I really was truly able to realize... I am a Licensed Real Estate Agent. This is going to mean so much for my life. I am really going to be able to pursue the things I want, when I want, and not on anyone else's terms. One big step towards becoming a more fully objective and independent human. I will find ways to be an objectivist in real estate and in my life as a result of having a real career.
Thanks to everyone who encouraged me and helped me see a hidden passion that I am turning into a talent and career, especially you Kevin. I love you.
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Thursday, October 14, 2010
Friday, October 8, 2010
Real Estate
A few days ago I finally got permission from the state to take the licensing exam to practice real estate! I have never been so excited to study in my life. Haha. I have scheduled the exam for Wednesday October 13th. That means I have just this weekend, Monday and Tuesday to study and take the final exam from the online school I've been attending.
I should be able to do it if I complete both of the quizzes for the 20 chapters one more time by Monday and take the practice exam on Monday. Then I take the final on Tuesday and get the certificate Wednesday morning. It seems like it's very tight, but I work well under pressure.
I completed and aced up to chapter 6 last night, not as far as I had hoped to be. I will not be able to accomplish much on Saturday. I work at noon, the game is a night game against LSU, and friends are visiting us from out of town and spending the night, so PARTY! Sunday I am also working, but only until 7, so I should have most of the evening. I wanted to be done, done with the quizzes and maybe review the harder chapters once more before the practice test on Monday. I think that if I can get up to chapter 15 tonight I can finish the rest on Sunday.
Anyway, I will certainly be skipping happy hour this week in light of these developments. Oh well. It will be worth it when I have my license and the money to make my house as beautiful as it is in my mind.
Stay rational everyone.
I should be able to do it if I complete both of the quizzes for the 20 chapters one more time by Monday and take the practice exam on Monday. Then I take the final on Tuesday and get the certificate Wednesday morning. It seems like it's very tight, but I work well under pressure.
I completed and aced up to chapter 6 last night, not as far as I had hoped to be. I will not be able to accomplish much on Saturday. I work at noon, the game is a night game against LSU, and friends are visiting us from out of town and spending the night, so PARTY! Sunday I am also working, but only until 7, so I should have most of the evening. I wanted to be done, done with the quizzes and maybe review the harder chapters once more before the practice test on Monday. I think that if I can get up to chapter 15 tonight I can finish the rest on Sunday.
Anyway, I will certainly be skipping happy hour this week in light of these developments. Oh well. It will be worth it when I have my license and the money to make my house as beautiful as it is in my mind.
Stay rational everyone.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Welcome to me!
So, I am happy to launch my latest attempt to communicate with the online world. This time, I am doing it for my sake, and not for others.
I would like my friends to read it, and making new friends would be nice, but that is not why I am blogging this time. Today, I am writing for me. For my own sake. For my entertainment, for my sanity, for my past, and for my future.
This blog will not focus on any one topic, but will me centered around thing, me.
If this blog were the Milky Way Galaxy, and the topics posted were stars, I would be the mega-black-hole in the center, revolving everything around and drawing everything inevitably to me.
Call me self-centered. Call me an egotist. Call me whatever you wish. Just back it up with objective fact. I am an objectivist, and reason is what moves me and determines my philosophies. Some posts will be about my journey in this school of thought and wrestling with undoing the programming of a life time of self-abasement, self-flagellation, and self-sacrifice for the sake of others. I will only give one thing for something of greater value. All my actions MUST somehow improve me or my situation on earth. If they do not, then they are wrong and I will do my best to refuse them.
Please, challenge me on this if you see it necessary. I am still new to objectivist living, and applying it's virtues to daily life can be a challenge. If you see a hypocrisy in my words, tell me. If you disagree with me, say so. We can only grow through a rational exchange of ideas.
Stay rational!
I would like my friends to read it, and making new friends would be nice, but that is not why I am blogging this time. Today, I am writing for me. For my own sake. For my entertainment, for my sanity, for my past, and for my future.
This blog will not focus on any one topic, but will me centered around thing, me.
If this blog were the Milky Way Galaxy, and the topics posted were stars, I would be the mega-black-hole in the center, revolving everything around and drawing everything inevitably to me.
Call me self-centered. Call me an egotist. Call me whatever you wish. Just back it up with objective fact. I am an objectivist, and reason is what moves me and determines my philosophies. Some posts will be about my journey in this school of thought and wrestling with undoing the programming of a life time of self-abasement, self-flagellation, and self-sacrifice for the sake of others. I will only give one thing for something of greater value. All my actions MUST somehow improve me or my situation on earth. If they do not, then they are wrong and I will do my best to refuse them.
Please, challenge me on this if you see it necessary. I am still new to objectivist living, and applying it's virtues to daily life can be a challenge. If you see a hypocrisy in my words, tell me. If you disagree with me, say so. We can only grow through a rational exchange of ideas.
Stay rational!
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