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What to do
23 August 2005 12:58A lot of people I know seem to not know what to do, or what they want to do in their lives. I always wonder if these people (left completely mythical for the moment) have the same problem that I do. I don't know what I want to do because I can see myself doing so many different things.
Want a be a community activist? Sure.
Want to chuck it all and start a yarn shop or small cafe-type restaurant? Also sure.
Go back to school and major in English and Japanese before going to library school? Also also sure.
Do the same but include prelaw stuff and go to law school? Why not.
Too many choices, so I sit here and research one option or another and then forget for a bit. Four or five months later I am still checking things out, and some of them are the same things I looked at before. Part of it is that I miss academia both as a place to work and a place to learn, but it is more than that. I often feel adrift, like there were all these great things I was supposed to do in my life that I have not even touched upon. It isn't too late to do something interesting and substantive, but it is certainly more difficult now than it was when I was still going to school.
Want a be a community activist? Sure.
Want to chuck it all and start a yarn shop or small cafe-type restaurant? Also sure.
Go back to school and major in English and Japanese before going to library school? Also also sure.
Do the same but include prelaw stuff and go to law school? Why not.
Too many choices, so I sit here and research one option or another and then forget for a bit. Four or five months later I am still checking things out, and some of them are the same things I looked at before. Part of it is that I miss academia both as a place to work and a place to learn, but it is more than that. I often feel adrift, like there were all these great things I was supposed to do in my life that I have not even touched upon. It isn't too late to do something interesting and substantive, but it is certainly more difficult now than it was when I was still going to school.
