Thursday, 6 August 2015

uneducation of sorts

I finally did it! I put my brave face on and took the courageous step toward the road less traveled. I mustered up every bit of confidence I had in me and I actually did it. I quit uni. It takes a lot to finally give up on something. Some say if at first you don't succeed try and try again. But I say, if at first you don't succeed and then successively fail every other time until you're having panic attacks, then maybe you should get the fuck out of uni.

I also thought about what I wanted to do after uni, and its literally work in cafes and pubs and travel around Europe and write as much as I can - As soon as I figured out how unambitious my life plans actually were, then all of a sudden, the assignments and the stresses and the not being able to sleep at night, just weren't doing it for me.

So my less educated life begins now,  well it began 5 weeks ago, but basically as soon as I had my last exam for last semester, I ran away on a road trip with a french man. I'm thinking of doing a Jack Kerouac and writing everything that happened 'on the road' into a story. I think he spent 7 years traveling and then took 30 days to write it. I spent 5 weeks, so I'm hoping to knock it out this afternoon. All of the highlights and lowlights will be there. The super exciting getting the fire started and the ever asked question of 'what will we have for dinner tonight' and the awe inspired 'ooh look at that tree'. I'm expecting instant fame and riches. (my next post will be a more detailed account of the trip).

Now that i'm not studying, I will dedicate all of my time to writing. 9 til 5 every day I have to be reading, writing or learning. Today was my first day. I was late to work, and I bunked off at 10 to go have coffee with a friend. When I got back, I began by sitting upright at my desk, but started slouching more and more over the afternoon and now its 3pm and I'm in bed with my laptop, I like this job.


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