Alphabet of Plans 2.0

I made a list like this almost two years ago. A lot of things happened between the day I decided to write my goals and this day. I kept on changing my mind over one thing or the other. But then again, I believe making a list is helpful. It keeps track of my goals and what I have achieved so far—and also, the current status of my sanity.

Target duration: within 1-7 years

Plan A:

-Save some money, help my family

-Enroll in a Physics degree (or Applied Physics)

-Write in a respectable news organization about science

-Save some more money, buy a car, fund my parents’ retirement, help other family members if I can, travel

Plan B:

-Save some money, help my family

-Get a scholarship for a Science Journalism MA degree, apply and enroll

- Write in a respectable news organization about science (Dude, I’m actually thinking about New Scientist, Time, The Economist here.)

-Save some more money, buy a car, fund my parents’ retirement, help other family members if I can, travel

Plan C:

-Save some money, help my family

-Take a decent photography/photojournalism course

-Take subjects in science: Physics, Math, Biology

-Take MA in Media Studies (which should include a scholarship grant)

-Teach and write at the same time

-Create a small news organization specializing on science and technology

-Save some more money, buy a car, fund my parents’ retirement, help other family members if I can,  travel

Plan D:

-Save some money, help my family

-Take courses in Filipino, History, Physics

-Take MA in Media Studies or Journalism

-Build a Filipino news organization--Filipino broadsheet with other Journ friends (Hello to Paulo Tomacder. This is our dream.)

-Save some more money, buy a car, fund my parents’ retirement, help other family members if I can,  travel

And hopefully, within this year, or the next, I could:

-Buy (or be given) an MP3 player where I can also watch movies and play games (it should also have WiFi connectivity)

-Subscribe to The Economist, New Scientist, Reader's Digest, NatGeo, The New Yorker

-Buy extra battery pack, lens hood, wide-angle lens, zoom lenses for my Beau (camera)

I'm bouncing back, well at least, I'm trying.

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And the countdown has already started

Seventy-one days before graduation day and my future seems to hiding beneath thick clouds, high moutains and piles of paperworks.

Counting the remaining days of college life does not make me feel any better. I have lost the drive to study, I have lost the enthusiasm on my thesis (after countless failed attempts to schedule interviews and gather necessary documents). I have lost the desire to wake up early and attend classes. I have lost myself.

I can't remember exactly if this was how I felt during the last few months of my highschool or elementary. But I know for sure that this is not normal. A friend told me maybe it's because I have this tendency to work really hard towards the end.  But in as much as I know that the end is fast approaching, I haven't found myseld working.

I need to focus.

It's not that I wanted to leave college (heaven knows how much I love it). It's just that, I want to move up. Tweet