A few months back, while avoiding revision, I sat back in my PC chair and looked forward to leaving education behind – the future looked so bright and I felt a sense of excitement yet nervousness at the overload of fun I was about to encounter. With a full time job waiting for me and a girlfriend who was patiently waiting for claws of exam period to release me – I was on the verge of freedom, the home straight to the adult live I had heard so much about and anxiously awaited.
Yet here I am, back in education, studying for another year, with my girlfriend 100 miles away and my next source of income even further. A concept was once explained to me: You can travel a journey further than the eye can see as you only need to be able to see what’s directly in front of you in order to proceed. The idea that you don’t have a clear path in sight, and all that’s important is you handling the current step, encouraged me, and at a time when my financial situation couldn’t be worse, I borrowed more and signed up to study for my MSC in Web Technology here at Southampton University.
