Thinking
I didn't realize that I was getting six days off for Winter vacation. Wow. Six days just sitting around in Sakawa. What am I going to do with all this time?
Well, for one thing, the apartment needs a serious overhaul cleaning. This place is so messy. I want to get rid of all the worthless crap I've accumulated since moving in here: papers of no significance, pots of dead flowers, and the cardboard box mountain in the storage room. And since the library is closed through the 3rd, I am going to take the opportunity to stomp around all I want without worrying about disturbing the tranquility. I think the library being closed is going to be the best part of this vacation. Yay for noise!
Also with the break, I'd like to get some writing done. I haven't written or edited anything in over a month. My New Year's Resolution (just like last year and the year before that,) is to get something sent out to a publisher. Just one piece. Is that really so hard? It doesn't even need to be accepted! Just sent out.
I am slowly developing a plan for my future. This plan relies heavily on staying a 2nd year in Japan. I'm feeling really homesick these days, but the money is excellent and feel that things can only get better. Why not stay another year? So I think that's what I'm going to do. I'll stay until 2009 and come home when I'm 25. Wow. That's kind of scary.
Anyway, my plans. Tentative plans, of course, but plans nonetheless. Step one is to save money. Like as much money as I possibly can while still living comfortably and playing off my loans. I don't see why $5,000 isn't feasible by the end of two years. Step two (to be simultaneously executed during Step one) is to start sending stuff out to publishers. Most journals don't pay any money at all to have stories published, despite being very reputable journals. So while I have a good job with good money, I should really get my stuff out there and hopefully return to the US with my name being whispered in the writing world.
Then, depending on how well my writing is being received upon my return to the Sates, I'll either go for my master's degree in Library Science or Creative Writing. That should take about two years.
And so by 2011 at age 28, I should have a career.
HA! We'll see how that all goes. Four years ago I never pictured myself living in Japan even for a moment. Who knows what the next four years will surprise me with?
Alrighty, it's off to bed with me. I want a good night's sleep so that I can be well-rested for a massive amount of cleaning tomorrow. Woo!
PS: I love my sister. I LOVE YOU, RACHEL!
Well, for one thing, the apartment needs a serious overhaul cleaning. This place is so messy. I want to get rid of all the worthless crap I've accumulated since moving in here: papers of no significance, pots of dead flowers, and the cardboard box mountain in the storage room. And since the library is closed through the 3rd, I am going to take the opportunity to stomp around all I want without worrying about disturbing the tranquility. I think the library being closed is going to be the best part of this vacation. Yay for noise!
Also with the break, I'd like to get some writing done. I haven't written or edited anything in over a month. My New Year's Resolution (just like last year and the year before that,) is to get something sent out to a publisher. Just one piece. Is that really so hard? It doesn't even need to be accepted! Just sent out.
I am slowly developing a plan for my future. This plan relies heavily on staying a 2nd year in Japan. I'm feeling really homesick these days, but the money is excellent and feel that things can only get better. Why not stay another year? So I think that's what I'm going to do. I'll stay until 2009 and come home when I'm 25. Wow. That's kind of scary.
Anyway, my plans. Tentative plans, of course, but plans nonetheless. Step one is to save money. Like as much money as I possibly can while still living comfortably and playing off my loans. I don't see why $5,000 isn't feasible by the end of two years. Step two (to be simultaneously executed during Step one) is to start sending stuff out to publishers. Most journals don't pay any money at all to have stories published, despite being very reputable journals. So while I have a good job with good money, I should really get my stuff out there and hopefully return to the US with my name being whispered in the writing world.
Then, depending on how well my writing is being received upon my return to the Sates, I'll either go for my master's degree in Library Science or Creative Writing. That should take about two years.
And so by 2011 at age 28, I should have a career.
HA! We'll see how that all goes. Four years ago I never pictured myself living in Japan even for a moment. Who knows what the next four years will surprise me with?
Alrighty, it's off to bed with me. I want a good night's sleep so that I can be well-rested for a massive amount of cleaning tomorrow. Woo!
PS: I love my sister. I LOVE YOU, RACHEL!