Bonus!

Hello everyone, Jay here! Bonus blog post (don't you all feel special)! I'd like to take this opportunity to talk about something that has been plaguing me for a long time: Being a geek in today's world. Now personally, I have noticed that there is still a stigma surrounding being a geek, despite the fact that most of the most successful people in the world are, in fact, geeks themselves. I have found that in my own life it is sometimes hard to balance the geeky side of yourself with the side that needs to be a responsible and productive member of society. The image of a nerd living in their parent's basement doesn't really hold up anymore. The fact is that most geeks/nerds/what have you are quite capable of living fully functional and productive lives. But recently I have experienced a number of events that has shaken my belief that I can be productive and successful and nerdy at the same time. These events have been disappointing in nature and have caused me to question whether or not I can really do what I have set out to do. The fact remains that to be successful in today's world, one must sacrifice a lot. This realization led to me believe that I could not be a geek and successful at the same time, and it was a monumental crisis. For as long as I can remember, I have been nerdy. It is a part of who and what I am. Yet despite all of the joy that being a geek has brought me, I am left to wonder whether or not I can continue to be as I am now. To that end, I realized that I needed to change. At first I thought that change would have to be the permanent death of my geeky side, but I am now beginning to understand that if I were to do that, to slay the geeky side of myself, then it would be almost like committing suicide. I would like to think that I don't have to resort to such drastic measures in order to be successful in this life, and I would like to think that somewhere out there someone else has either gone through or is currently going through what I have described here. Perhaps the answer is not to completely kill off your nerdy side, but instead to perhaps suppress it. Hell, if I could be successful whilst embracing my geeky side, then my current problems would be solved. So I pose this question to you all: Can a man be successful, whilst remaining true to his geeky self? And if so, how?