As my college days are (hopefully) dwindling down to an end, I find myself struggling to come up with a life plan. Should I go to work straight afterwards? Should I go to grad school? Should I work first, THEN go to grad school? What career should I go into? Where should I live?

 For the most part, I kind of have an idea of what I want to do. I recently applied for the job of my dreams– utilizing my Korean skills in a way I never thought possible– but it requires relocating. I myself have no problems with moving, but I wonder if I can bring myself to force my loved ones to leave the only home they ever knew. It’s no secret that I don’t particularly enjoy where I live– paradise is, after all, in the eyes of the beholder– but can I really force them to leave the place they love? Would it be purely selfish of me to drag them so far away for the purpose of my own career? What if they hate it there?

If that job falls through, I can apply for a software development position here, though it naturally won’t be the same. I wonder how skilled I really am. Although I am consistently at the top of my class, good classroom performance does not necessarily equal good job performance. I’m a little worried. There really aren’t any companies I’m interested in working for here, and what jobs there are don’t pay very well. So many people seem so unhappy with their jobs, though that isn’t a problem limited solely to here. I wonder if I could even be happy. How much is too much to ask for?

Worried as I am, it isn’t very productive to fret about the future when I still have several months to go. I need to see what happens in the near future before any kind of decision can be reached, and this is most certainly a decision I cannot make on my own. I’m sure things will work out for the best regardless of the direction life takes us. Unfortunately, that doesn’t help ease my anxiety.