tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061577.post3563527237141220820..comments2023-10-12T05:00:35.247-04:00Comments on Jacob's Land of Bliss and Blisters: This Is a Potpourri. It Just Doesn't Smell as BadJacobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05768654376657640904noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061577.post-92139502749889299552010-03-31T15:54:40.325-04:002010-03-31T15:54:40.325-04:00I think I'm a generalist too. In fact, I think...I think I'm a generalist too. In fact, I think that's mainly why I decided to major in journalism -- you get a taste of a lot of different things when you're a reporter. Then, when I abandoned that and went to grad school, I had a hard time narrowing my focus to something specific. I'm interested in too much damn stuff. <br /><br />I'll give that podcast a listen.Courtneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05940936362201799176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061577.post-27404336358406669512010-03-31T08:42:53.577-04:002010-03-31T08:42:53.577-04:00My grades back then could have been better. I wasn...My grades back then could have been better. I wasn't going to lose HOPE or anything, but it should have been higher.Jacobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05768654376657640904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061577.post-89037725465673228492010-03-31T08:42:04.783-04:002010-03-31T08:42:04.783-04:00Julie, I can't say that studying less would ha...Julie, I can't say that studying less would have been something I would change, mainly because I wouldn't have been able to study less. I rarely read my textbooks, even for lit classes.<br /><br />I am the master of bullshit. I passed a regular college lit class without reading a single damn paragraph of our assigned readings. The key is to really listen to the class discussions. I never Jacobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05768654376657640904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061577.post-31602314671973872342010-03-30T22:59:59.897-04:002010-03-30T22:59:59.897-04:00That's funny. I decided long ago that if I cou...That's funny. I decided long ago that if I could redo college, I would study less and hang out with my friends more.<br /><br />I took class and good grades far too seriously. As long as I'd kept the grades high enough to keep HOPE, I could have slacked off and still followed my current path with no problems.<br /><br />I do agree that I would continue to learn if given the time and moneyJuliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16245359960166359487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061577.post-66201271159598641692010-03-30T15:52:01.380-04:002010-03-30T15:52:01.380-04:00I'll confess to being torn over this generalis...I'll confess to being torn over this generalist vs. specialist idea. I have sort of broad curiosities that have probably led me to be mostly a generalist, but I do sometimes lament what feels like the limited career opportunity that results from not being a real specialist at anything.<br /><br />On the 10,000-hour rule, I'm probably approaching 10,000 hours of practice at writing. But Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15796345438886867796noreply@blogger.com