Real World Chronicles

Three weeks into my Chicago adventures and I’m starting to call myself a native. I’ve got the bus system down, can successfully navigate the L train and I’m even an expert cab hailer! Fred would be proud. I’m still learning bits and pieces about city life along the way though. For example grocery shopping. You have to BUY grocery bags… they aren’t free. I was curious every time I went shopping why the cashier would always ask, “Do you want bags?” Um, yeah of course I do, look at all the stuff I just bought lady. I soon found out they were seven cents a bag...ridiculous. I use to judge all the people who brought their own bags to the grocery store, (no offense if that's you) not that I have anything against recycling or anything. Recycling is great! #TeamEarth. But a little paper or plastic never hurt anyone. Anyways… after this new information I gathered and I stopped being stubborn, I finally caved. I bought the bag y’all. Trader Joe's brand baby! And I’m not going to lie, ...

Hi guys! No, I haven't fallen off the face of the earth since graduating from Duke. And no, I'm not done with basketball forever. The past few months have actually been crazy full of life changing events, big kid decisions, new experiences, and many fun stories along the way. And as I've been navigating these first few months being on my own in the "real world",  I've decided I wanted to start this blog to update anyone who happened to care about my whereabouts and what I'm up to these days... I call it the "Real World Chronicles". Where to begin.. for starters I somehow managed to graduate from business school! Still not sure how that happened but I'll take it. My time at Fuqua was a whirlwind, but can honestly say it was one of the best years of my life. I'm not going to miss the work... but I'm going to miss all the awesome people I met along the way. Hard to believe I'm finally walking away from Duke with not only 1, but ...