February Dream Journal Summary

Posted on March 2, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

Here is the summary of my dream journal from February’s 30 day life experiment of getting 8 hours of sleep per night and keeping a consistent dream journal. I missed one day throughout the month because I didn’t immediately write … Continue reading →

February Recap: 8 Hours/Night + Dream Journal

Posted on March 1, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

There’s something about the urban environment and lack of sleep that seem to go well together. There’s always something to do and always something to work on and think about. I’ve always been a morning person, but moving to Boston … Continue reading →

2-29-12: Biking Across the USA with CollegeOutside.com

Posted on March 1, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

Just before going to sleep I had watched a brief presentation on CollegeOutside.com with the Tufts Mountain Club. Inspired by the possibilities of this site it promptly took over my dream life following bed-time. I dreamt that I was working … Continue reading →

2-28-12: Pinterest, Caffeine, and Pulled Pork Sandwiches

Posted on February 29, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

We were having a startup-style week with my team at work which involved using Pinterest to promote our brand (dream, not real life). Pinterest has become incredibly popular very fast and we needed to hop on the bandwagon to catch … Continue reading →

2-27-12: X-Men Taking Over My Brain

Posted on February 29, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

I got 9.25 hours of sleep last night and it was glorious. I was exhausted from my trip to NYC and simply couldn’t stay awake any longer so I went to bed at 9:30 and woke up at 6:45. My … Continue reading →

2-26-12: The City that Never Sleeps Part 2

Posted on February 29, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

Similar to Friday night, Saturday night in New York City resulted in maximal exposure to the nightlife that is the Big Apple. We stayed out and about in the Village and Lower East Side (or “LES” if you’re hip) and … Continue reading →

2-25-12: The City that Never Sleeps Part 1

Posted on February 28, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

As measured by any reasonable person’s standards, last night was a late night. However, it’s not considered late if you live in New York City. Sarah and I decided to forgo another weekend up north in the woods in favor … Continue reading →

2-24-12 – Camping in the Woods Near Work

Posted on February 28, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

This was my 2nd dream involving the same wintry woods near Mt Katahdin only this time it involved work. Instead of commuting to and from work I was going to camp out in my tent at these campgrounds in the … Continue reading →

2-23-12: Credit Cards and the Mt Katahdin Winter

Posted on February 28, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

My dream was a little bit disjointed in that there wasn’t a solid storyline throughout. I was going uphill in the winter through the woods trying to get to this village or town. The area I was in was similar … Continue reading →

2-22-12: Mansions and Creepy Townies

Posted on February 28, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

I was moving into a new apartment with a friend from home (haven’t talked to in years but played hockey with growing up) located just outside of Boston. I had only seen pictures and read a description of the place. … Continue reading →

Dream Journal: 12 Hours of “Sleep” in the White Mountains

Posted on February 27, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

This was the first night of our three day camping trip in the White Mountains. We had hiked into the base of a 4,000 footer, walked the requisite 200 feet off the trail and pitched our tent and brewed some … Continue reading →

Dream Journal: Sweating and Sleeping Bags

Posted on February 24, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

I was at the Tufts Loj prepping for a winter camping trip in the White Mountains over President’s Day weekend (real life). We drove up after work and used it as a place to crash on Friday night before heading … Continue reading →

2-17-12: Redbull, Animal Cruelty, and a Talking Cat

Posted on February 23, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

We were at an event run at the Cyclorama in Boston that was being put on by an extreme sports company, very similar to Redbull but it was something else. They were trying to mix the event with a circus. … Continue reading →

2-16-12: Where are my Adventure Dreams? (another work dream)

Posted on February 22, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

At work I’ve been doing some external best practices of various companies in my industry (real life). It’s been a rewarding experience but unfortunately it’s crept into my dream life (bummer). In my dream I had a realization that we … Continue reading →

2-15-12: Back Country Performance Reviews

Posted on February 21, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

I was working at the same job that I have in real life only I was designing outdoor gear instead of what I currently do there. One of the unique things our company started doing was keeping track of what … Continue reading →

2-14-12: La-Z-Boy Transformer Adventure Man

Posted on February 21, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

I was sitting in a La-Z-Boy watching something on TV after work just enjoying being lazy and wrapped in cushions and comfort. All of the sudden the chair and cushions came alive and wrapped themselves around me. They started shifting … Continue reading →

2-13-12: CollegeOutside.com

Posted on February 17, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

Last night I spent a few hours with Sarah brainstorming ideas and strategy for her new blog CollegeOutside.com. She has been looking for a way to increase her writing/journalism experience and felt that writing about the outdoors for college students … Continue reading →

Sleeping is Hard – The Halfway Point

Posted on February 17, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

Today marks the halfway point for this life experiment. So far it has been a fun experiment to record my dreams after each night of sleeping. As I normally do, I’ve been dreaming every night. The only difference is that … Continue reading →

2-12-12: Pat Sajak and the Tufts Young Alumni Association

Posted on February 17, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

This was a rather confusion dream but it involved Pat Sajak from the Wheel of Fortune and the Tufts Young Alumni Association. I just recently joined the Tufts Young Alumni Association a few months ago and I’ve been to a … Continue reading →

2-11-12: Basement Technology and Unicorn Blankets

Posted on February 16, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

We were staying the weekend at my friend’s grandparents house up in Vermont because we had planned to ski nearby at Bolton Valley on Saturday (real life). I slept by myself in their basement which was finished off with carpet, … Continue reading →

2-10-12: Drinking and Youtube at Work

Posted on February 14, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

Dream: There was a huge drinking problem at work. People didn’t even bat an eye seeing a machinist or engineer putting down a few beers while working on a high tech piece of equipment. Our organization definitely tips toward the … Continue reading →

2-9-12: Base Jumping Admissions Officer

Posted on February 13, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

I was 18 again and applying for colleges. In this dream I was at Tufts with a middle aged and portly admissions officer who seemed out of shape and relatively lame. I remember thinking that I probably didn’t want to … Continue reading →

2-8-12: Science and Technology Collaborative Center

Posted on February 10, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

At work we’ve been doing a lot of talking about how to improve our collaborations with academia, industry, government, and other stakeholders. In my dream last night I was taking people through a tour of a new facility that I … Continue reading →

2-7-12: National Patch Day

Posted on February 9, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

In my dream it was National Patch Day; a themed day where everyone would wear clothing that had patches on them. I was talking to a fictional coworker about his friend who wore patches on his blazer that were hairy. … Continue reading →

2-6-12: Underwater Battle and Megatron

Posted on February 8, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

I was climbing over a lake with Sarah and we were bivying about 100 feet up on the wall in a hammock. The scene was one of apocalypse (or something similar) and we were climbing to get away from it … Continue reading →

2-5-12: An Unprepared Marathon

Posted on February 7, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

Dream: I was signed up to run a marathon even though I had hardly trained (very similar to real life where I recently signed up for a snowshoe marathon in Vermont, yikes). The last time I had run was about … Continue reading →

2-4-12: Avalanches

Posted on February 6, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

Dream: I was walking up a high angle snow slope to the summit ridge of a mountain in the rockies. It was the same mountain that Will Gadd showed in his presentation at Tufts on Thursday night, only, he was … Continue reading →

2-3-12 Will Gadd and Linkedin.com

Posted on February 5, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

My dream last night was very much a process oriented dream. I had a lot of these throughout engineering school. Basically my brain would take something that I had been studying, and analyze the crap out of it in my … Continue reading →

2-2-12: Free Ice Climbing/Gear Demo

Posted on February 4, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

Dream: I was at LaHout’s Summit Shop in NH on a business trip with work (hint, my work has nothing to do with outdor gear, unfortunate). The difference was that the people working at LaHout’s were not the people that … Continue reading →

2-1-12: Muslims in Nepal

Posted on February 3, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

I was traveling around the world on an extended sojourn to learn about myself and experience other cultures. I found myself in the mountains in Nepal. I wasn’t high up on a snowy peak but rather at some type of … Continue reading →

February 2011 – Dream Journal and 8 Hours of Sleep per Day

Posted on February 2, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

Each of my month-long experiments have challenged something about my day to day life as a young urban professional. August challenged my environmental habits, September challenged my commute to work, October challenged my 5-9 after work life, November challenged my … Continue reading →