Unfortunately the reason I haven't posted a blog in a while is that there really isn't that much going on in my life right now. Well, there are always things going on but I couldn't think of things to write about.
I'm going on my fourth week of school for this last semester of college. The time's flying by! And good thing because I'm starting to get restless with being in college. My classes, though, I love. My School and Society class is my favorite. It's really interesting and I find myself being able to speak in class during discussions which I don't normally do in class. I actually have an intense dislike for speaking in class and have never found a way to remedy it. I've had professors assume that if you're not speaking during class discussions, you must not be engaged and you are therefore not learning. On the contrary! I enjoy sitting back and listening to what people say. Plus, just because I'm not saying anything doesn't mean I don't have opinions. I'm not a generally outspoken person but I'm fairly strongly opinionated, at least with things I am passionate about. When it comes to education I feel knowledgeable enough to participate in discussions and I feel like I have something to add to the discussion. I mean really, shouldn't we all have opinions about education? We all went to school. Seems like education should be something everyone can discuss, and it is indeed something everyone SHOULD discuss if we are going to help each new generation of children become educated, intelligent, thoughtful, and caring adults.
Anyways, although I'm enjoying my classes, the overall atmosphere of college seems to be fading away from the image I have of myself. I'm ready to graduate, but never ready to stop learning!! :-) I know certain family members of mine that would be proud to hear me say that.
What comes after graduation? I've decided to work for a while to try and pay off some student loans before I pursue other things like travel, grad school, or anything else that comes along. After graduation I will work in Boulder for a few months to save up some money and enjoy the awesomeness that is Boulder in the spring, then the tentative plan is to try out a new place and new people for a while and see how I like it! The place of choice is Portland, Maine. I hope to move sometime late spring. It's not a set plan yet but the way I figure it, it doesn't really matter where I live as long as I can make some money, have some adventures, and live my life and enjoy it! Maine is a beautiful place, I have some great friends there, and the East Coast has always captured my interest with the friendly people, beautiful landscape and the closeness of so many exciting places! Hopefully it will work out to try out Maine for a while and see how it fits for me! It seems like things in my life have been coming along at just the right time. Part of it is just a matter of having dreams and goals but knowing when to pursue them. I knew I couldn't leave Boulder for college because not only could I not afford to go out of state but I also wasn't ready to leave Boulder yet. I took my time through college and I am graduating a semester "late" because I could tell I wasn't quite ready to be done with college last May when most of my friends graduated, and now I can tell that I'm ready to move on to the next stage of my life and put the college experience to rest along with all the other awesome experiences my life has brought already.
I think we're a lot alike! Who'da thunk it? ;)
ReplyDeleteNo really though, a whole lot of what you just wrote is how I feel/am too. I really don't know what I want to do career-wise after I graduate, but what I do know is that I want to just try out new places, travel around (abroad, hopefully), and meet new people. Good luck with your last semester!