Any Ideas? (Aside from cleaning my room)

Where does the time go? How does eight months turn into one and leave me nothing to show for the time but a few tests, a few trips, and a whole bunch of Café Rio stamps on my frequent diner cards! When I graduated and began my eight month self proclaimed sabbatical I had visions…But somehow reality is setting in and I’m realizing that my aspirations may have been a bit lofty and that I may have failed to live up to all of my many expectations.

I’m not trying to discount how amazing the whole experience has been. I wouldn’t go back and change any of it… (Europe, family/friend time, Sidney Bristow—all incredible). I’m just annoyed that I’m still me. Eight months is enough time to do most anything, but evidently turning myself into the perfect person is apparently up there in the long-term category with world peace and child-bearing… blast! (and wretch).

So now here I am with exactly *one month remaining, and I’m grappling with finding a more realistic view of what to accomplish with my time. My dad suggested writing a book (because that's realistic!). My mom suggested cleaning my room (in fact she’s instituted an incentive program in which I get paid for every bag of clothes I give away to the d.i.). Neither of which I’ve done. So if anybody has any one-month suggestions, I’d greatly appreciate them! Keep in mind my financial situation is fragile (or at least it was several thousand dollars ago). Now it’s in complete disrepair.

*A point of clarification: when I say one month left people assume I mean until my job starts, but what I mean is until my life ends! Selling one’s soul to the public accounting profession is not something you do lightly, and my coping mechanism thus far (for the anticipation alone) has been to assume the worst!