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"To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying 'Amen' to what the world tells you you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive."
- Robert Louis Stevenson.
This quote really hit me when I read it today. I'm at a major crossroad right now, and I don't know what direction to take.
I thought I wanted France. Then I thought I wanted the IMC program. But you know what? I have no idea what I want.
The IMC program would look good on paper. It would solve my parents' worry about me not having a job when I graduate, about me getting a master's degree. It'd only take an extra year. I should get it.
But I don't wan't to do what I should do. I want to do what's right for me.
Oxford, Ireland, France. Anywhere. They're calling my name.
I also think I'm ready to be done with school at the end of next year. I'm ready to just dive into my life and start doing instead of dreaming. Just carve out a little slice of heaven somewhere and make it my own. Not worrying about fulfilling expectations or about what people think or if I'm accomplishing enough. Just living and loving and thriving.
Someday I'll figure it out.