Judy2

i could also sit at home all day and be miserable. Italy would have been an option, too, but my Italian got a bit rusty and i'd like to take a class to get back into it before i book a trip there. in the UK, i can speak English, i know my way around London, but i've never travelled further up north, even though the Lake District and Scotland are on my personal bucket list. there's nature and beautiful architecture all over the country and, depending on where you go, the ocean. this is also the reward trip i had promised myself to go on for finishing my undergraduate degree, since that was quite hard for me mentally.....and i need to get out for a while and explore. i think that will be good for my mind. besides, i live close to an airport now, so i'm primed to want to pollute the environment every time i look up at the sky.

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really looking forward to it now!

@integral thank you!

....these past few days, i've finally brought up the courage to book my summer holiday....i'm going to England and Scotland, and i've started looking forward to it immensely. originally, i had thought that i would go only as far up north as Edinburgh, but then i realised the Highlands are even further north. hadn't booked my flight back anyway, and in an impulsive moment i decided that i should travel as far as Inverness. scary, and this feels very wrong and impulsive, but i'm also really excited now. i wrote a paper about a Scottish novel (Sunset Song) a couple of years ago, and now i've had this idea that i could go to Aberdeen, too, and see the villages where the novel is set.

would you mind sharing what company/organisation she works for?

@Joseph Maynor so i have to start making snacks for my grandchildren today, i assume. and try to be healthy and happy... shoot.

@Natasha Tori Maru(: i can't wait to be 80 just chill all day and make snacks for my grandchildren.

@Majedi'll keep that in mind:) thanks.

okay, agreed:) that sounds nice.

yeah i get what you mean:)

isn't that the worst feeling lol? but i appreciate the advice:) i'll try to be more relaxed about it.

@Majedokay cool:) could you maybe give an example?

yes. i mean it's just a lot of pressure to have to decide now what specific degrees to invest my time into, which will then be the basis for the rest of my life and determine how i'll spend my time every day and who i'll be, essentially. for many careers, there are very specific rules and it's not as easy to switch once you have chosen one path.

no, i don't want to start a business. generally speaking, the safety of being employed seems appealing.