Honestly, I've had a weird week, questioning my life choices. Well, actually my university choices, what I'm going to get out of it. Look let's be real with ourselves here, an arts degree is really worth jack shit, especially these days with the advent of AI. It was only a few months ago I was discovering what Microsoft's copilot can do. I don't know what will happen if AI continues to take jobs from writers, engineers, or programmers. I know writers are safe right now, but you don't have to think hard to imagine how AI will make us writers obsolete, especially when you have high school students turning in essays that rival university graduates.
More importantly, I'm just not enjoying it that much, which puts me in a weird place. Because on the one hand, I love history, and on the other, I'm 100 certain that I don't want to be an academic. So what do I do? Do I carry on and finish my degree, adding thousands of dollars to my HECS for no reason? Or do I quit now and think about it for another few months then come back to it? The latter of which puts me back in the same place I was last year, which I know I don't want to be in again. And the former with saddle me in debt for years to come. So what do I do? We take the third way.
If you've noticed I haven't mentioned the large elephant in the room, my Japanese studies. I mean this blog is themed around Japan, so what do I do about that? Well, considering my English-speaking background and my Autism, I think I'm doing okay. I think I'm behind on the university's program, but they say we all learn at different speeds right? I'm trying my hardest to learn it, and it's kind of working. I do get really happy with myself if I understand a sentence in a show or something. Most importantly though, I am enjoying myself.
Now this takes us back to that third way from before, I won't fully quit university next semester. Instead what I'll do is just from the history part of my degree, for now, might switch majors if I can. I might also pick up a math bridging course just in case I want to switch back to a math-based course. I don't think I've said this but I'm much more of a math person than an English person, plus those types of people are more my speed. Though AI is having massive impacts over there too, so I'll have to think about career choices.
Lastly, I've also decided that I might take a study trip to Japan next year. Probably for three months at a language school just to get a taste of it. If I end up liking it I'll probably go for a longer time. This also plays into my plans for next semester.
Before I go I just want to add one last thing, I do exaggerate a lot of my problems. My life isn't hard, or bad in any way. I might just do it for fun or just to vent my frustrations here. Plus if anyone does actually read this remember that I do this as a personal diary of sorts. I don't expect anyone to actually read it.
Anyway, that's it for tonight, have a great week and a great month next month.
See ya
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