Well, with graduation coming around the corner I find my situation and future plans more open to change than ever. I like to think that most people at this stage have a general direction or a job they have been working towards that they can hurry and get to, but yay me! Because that is not the case here. I’ve managed to get this far into college (a second-year senior) without ever doing an internship, but this semester I did manage to work my way into a Research Assistant position with my university, so that is kind of cool.
Right now I sit patiently waiting for a decision to be made on whether or not I will be going to Japan on my study abroad program in January. Bit of background for you - I can now speak somewhat conversational Japanese and read/write Katakana and Hiragana because I have spent the last year learning it. I have also won two national scholarships for this program that would pay nearly the whole thing (like 90%). So essentially, I have to wait and see if the goal I have been working towards for 2 years will be denied on behalf of a pandemic. So much fun!!!
Adding to that wonderful bit, I think it might be worth my time to look at studying abroad elsewhere so that I can take advantage of the scholarships. The downside is that it would mean I cannot get a certificate in cybersecurity, but studying abroad would be way cooler than a certificate right? Who needs that when you can spend half a year in Europe for free? No idea what I will be doing.
Will I get a job coding? Will I give up on that and travel the world with a backpack? Will I cross the increasingly thin line that separates me and living in a van? ( and let me tell you that line is thin - those tiktoks are cool man). Or will I just move somewhere and start a new life? Stay tuned - because I going to let you know by Christmas.
