I sit on my balcony and just stare, wondering what the other side of the the horizon holds for me.This is turning into a sort of cliche topic (for me, anyway), but what does everyone want to do after graduation? I hate being asked that question, but that's because I do not have the slightest clue as to what I want in my future.
There was a time, when I was 12, when I knew without a doubt what I wanted. I was going to be the first Asian host on Entertainment Tonight.
Half-way through J-school, the only thing I was concerned with was to actually graduate. I still had a few years before I had to decide my career path. Now school is done in exactly one month. I have one month left to decide.
What the hell am I going to do? The only thing I know for sure is that I love to write. But that's it. I don't want to write a novel. I don't feel passionate enough about any specific kind of journalism to focus on it. I'm in the online stream and I love elements of online journalism, but do I love it enough to be an online journalist?
I could travel around and attempt freelance, I could teach English in Japan, or I could keep working as a teller at TD and work my way up the corporate ladder. I can even just lie on the couch all day and watch TV.
I feel so confused, almost pressured from the constant "So what are you doing after you finish school?" from my dad, from relatives e-mailing from overseas, from friends, and even from my boss at work. Am I really that inadequate because I don't know yet?
It's time for a career advisor, I think.
There was a time, when I was 12, when I knew without a doubt what I wanted. I was going to be the first Asian host on Entertainment Tonight.
Half-way through J-school, the only thing I was concerned with was to actually graduate. I still had a few years before I had to decide my career path. Now school is done in exactly one month. I have one month left to decide.
What the hell am I going to do? The only thing I know for sure is that I love to write. But that's it. I don't want to write a novel. I don't feel passionate enough about any specific kind of journalism to focus on it. I'm in the online stream and I love elements of online journalism, but do I love it enough to be an online journalist?
I could travel around and attempt freelance, I could teach English in Japan, or I could keep working as a teller at TD and work my way up the corporate ladder. I can even just lie on the couch all day and watch TV.
I feel so confused, almost pressured from the constant "So what are you doing after you finish school?" from my dad, from relatives e-mailing from overseas, from friends, and even from my boss at work. Am I really that inadequate because I don't know yet?
It's time for a career advisor, I think.
1 comment:
It's okay Pam Lam. I'll be getting on a plane a week after the ceremony and i don't have clue what i'm gonna do when i get off.
You're not alone in your anxieties...atleast there's two of us!
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