– I was thinking the other day about how excited I used to get about trips to the city, late nights just headed to wherever, exploring the skyscrapers and lights and streets. My first months in Chicago: new adventures with new friends. How  captivated I was by the random live shows, carried away by the music. These days it seems like a prerequisite to enjoy anything. What Happened? How did I turn so spoiled or jaded? I hope to find my way back to simpler things that I can enjoy. The woods, a sunny day, a good book.  Any recommendations?  I’m working extremely hard to not find my still semi-new entry level position commonplace, and enjoy the new surroundings. I worry this fate in my getting older: I will constantly be jaded, searching for the grass that is always greener, convinced that somewhere, something else is. I turn 25 in a few weeks, and I fear that negativity is going to gain a stronghold over me. I have to resist. I have to stay bewildered. I have to stay optimistic.