Random Updates

I haven't had much to say in terms of reading updates – and I still don't! But tomorrow I have to read some short stories for Environmental Ethics and then write one myself, so I'll update you guys on that later. Like some of you, my workload has seemingly increased tenfold, though that may have to do with some slight procrastination and season four of La Casa De Papel coming out. I have been keeping up to date with my homework, but spacing out those big assignments/projects/essays that are all due on like the last two days of school have been a pain, especially when you're a perfectionist and super particular about the minutiae. Nonetheless, everyday I have fewer assignments before Spring 2020 is officially over. I have yet to beat jet lag (as I am currently writing this at 3am), and my normal sleep schedule now is 5am to 12pm, which sucks, but I am sleeping a lot more than I did in my dorm (silver linings!).

Less tangential (maybe not), my brother saw me working on a brochure for one of my environmental classes and started asking me questions like: "why are you in a science class?" "how does this help you?" "don't you just want to do something with books?" Supportive as ever. But anyway it got me thinking about my future, and how job opportunities now can amalgamate multiple interests (e.g. publishing scientific journals at MIT Press). Along these lines, one aspect of the Clelia Glore interview that I found particularly insightful was her transition to lawyer to agent and how her past employment experiences help her in the literary world. I don't know about you guys, but constantly being asked what you want to do and even declaring majors feels like too much pressure to figure out your path at such a young age. In the UK, for example, when you're applying for universities, you have to submit a personal statement instead of an essay detailing which program/course (equivalent to major) you will pursue. There's no room for undeclared, and if you want to switch after a year, you have to start over. This is what ultimately led me to going to college in America because I'm way too indecisive to commit to something, knowing there are other fields of study I am equally as interested in... hence why I am a CSSH/COS combined major with CSSH and CAMD minors looking to add a third in D'Amore McKim. Anyway.....in a time like this, I have been more introspective and reflective, finding more things to be appreciative of, and I'm glad we live in a grey world where you don't have to choose one or the other, and that our university supports interdisciplinary learning.

Hope everyone is doing well! x