The Travails of future planning

The past couple of weeks have taken a very interesting turn in terms of the constant talks of how everything is going to be couple of years from now academically. And as usual Maddy comes up with a solution for all my queries. She convinced me to take up GRE in order to do my MS abroad and thus we set out trying 2 figure out how to go about the whole process. The planning is really fun and tiring too. You have got to weigh the pros and cons of what you are getting into and chalk out a plan that will work out for the best.

These are the pro's I have come up with:

• Break from the misery that is Indian education
• A new experience and a chance to merge with a new culture
• Living alone and tending for myself.
• And the various mysteries and questions the future holds.
• A double degree implying better pay ala better future(hopefully).

And the cons are:

• Going to miss my family and Brun.
• The security and comfort of homeland and my people.
• My few good friends.
• The possibility that I will waste my time away and a shit load of my dads money along with it.

Till this point in my life I have hated having to think about the future and sit dwell on it but now it seems as though I have no other option. Over a space of a few days all I am talking about is the future and where it might be headed. Quite disturbing frankly but me being me, I am still excited going into a journey totally unprepared. There's some sort of future out there for everyone I believe. You might end up being everything you wanted, getting halfway there or end up dead within the next min. But heck you still have something to look forward. The beauty of uncertainty is amazing at times. Cant say the same while I am waiting for my stupid results to come out. Facing my first back :). Good luck to me!

Keep ya posted..