In order to heal myself up a little faster, I’ve been told that eating an orange a day is the equivalent to the proverbial apple in terms of keeping up ones health and staying healthy. One of my fears was getting sick in China and hopefully the tea, water, and juices along with the daily orange (or two!) will help make short work of this damn cold.
Other things on my ‘to-do’ list this upcoming weekend include catching up on my foreign policy readings that have been building up for months, working on the layout of this site and the other various projects I’ve promised myself to work on.
I was thinking that this time in Asia would also be good in ironing out my law/grad/business school essay(s). Why do I want to dedicate the next 2-4 years of my life to debt and living the life of a student when I can be looking for a job elsewhere?
Why back to school? Unfortunately, this brings up the whole ‘what do I want out of my life’ question that I’ve been able to successfully avoid with general comments about ‘making a difference’ and ‘policy work for an international organization’...
The truth of the matter is that I’m not 17 anymore, but a 23 year-old who feels as if he’s drifting. While I don’t need a 30-year plan, I’d like to have some more solid footing when in comes to the next couple of years…
And my problem with my general ideas and ideals is that so far I really haven’t done much beyond talking about what it is I want rather than actually doing anything about it.
I fear that my coming to China has been running away rather than running towards a goal. However, it’s quickly hit me that while I can run to the other side of the world, I can’t run from reality.