I’m back! I needed some time to do work and get my head
together. So, what’s new?
New job, nearly finished year two of uni, and maybe new
intentions on the career front, or maybe yet, basically what I have now is a complete indecisiveness about what I want to do with my future. I wanted to teach, but after my placement I'm not sure whether I want to throw all of my eggs into the basket that is education. I've never been out of it before, I don't know anything else apart from McDonald's and my many, many jobs around that.
That said, do I want to escape academia and go into something consistent, with the threat of it becoming mundane? The great thing I learned about working in a school was that two days are never the same. I never dreaded going in, I didn't even mind getting up early, in fact it forced early mornings to become part of my routine in everyday life once I finished. Now staying in bed until half nine causes guilt beyond which I can't compare, which I'm well aware is shameful for a student.
I've decided more or less what I want to do for my dissertation. I'm going to look into IVF and the various religious views on it. I'm well aware it divides opinion throughout religious communities and it's something very close to my heart, so to learn more about it is intriguing and, as sad as it sounds to get like this about an essay, excited.
But now I have to throw an essay together on Sufi Islam, which I thought I'd enjoy a lot more than I actually am.
That said, do I want to escape academia and go into something consistent, with the threat of it becoming mundane? The great thing I learned about working in a school was that two days are never the same. I never dreaded going in, I didn't even mind getting up early, in fact it forced early mornings to become part of my routine in everyday life once I finished. Now staying in bed until half nine causes guilt beyond which I can't compare, which I'm well aware is shameful for a student.
I've decided more or less what I want to do for my dissertation. I'm going to look into IVF and the various religious views on it. I'm well aware it divides opinion throughout religious communities and it's something very close to my heart, so to learn more about it is intriguing and, as sad as it sounds to get like this about an essay, excited.
But now I have to throw an essay together on Sufi Islam, which I thought I'd enjoy a lot more than I actually am.
Wish me luck!
