Future options

Dear reader(s), warning – the following are mundane yet serious thoughts, so read on at your discretion!

Last night I had the pleasure of spending an evening with a friend who has spent far longer in the planning field than I. From our conversation, I couldn’t help but be inspired by how much she had achieved already, and how clear and concise her plan was for her future.

It has slowly been dawning on me for some time that whilst planning is sufficient to be a means to an end, it is also the ‘stepping stone’ or foundation to more challenging careers. This, combined with the almost necessity to have some level of postgraduate degree in order to fulfill a desire to work overseas, has led me to finally accept that December will not be my final graduation – post grad here I come.

The question is, post grad what? While I have been extremely fortunate of late to have been surrounded by many intelligent and inspirational people who have or are completing their masters, the range of options is nonetheless fairly daunting.

So far, I feel that project management or landscape architecture may be for me, and I also feel that I would definately be inclined to do this in Melbourne. I also feel inclined to get straight into it – just to compensate for the amount of gap years it took me to discover the lifestyle that I’m blessed to be leading.

But these are just thoughts! For now, I’m just glad to be doing what I do, and proud that I will be qualified very shortly. I am also glad to have had the chance to talk to said friend last night, and be given the chance to really be inspired and get the thought process in full swing.

One thing is for certain however – am fully aware of how blessed I am to have the option of education, in the time and place of my choice!

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