My current predicament

I love exam time, which I understand not everyone can understand, but each to his own, right? What me and my fellow student colleagues do all have in common is the impending decision time: what are we going to do with the rest of our lives, and are we ready for the big bad world?

I am majoring in three pretty different subjects, because I couldn't decide which path I wanted to follow, not much has changed, but now I actually kind of have to pick a path... Man I hate making big decisions! Faced with so many choices, I keep telling myself that I am lucky to have choices at all. I just have too many options. I also can't choose the one that will make me happiest, the one I really want to do, or the best one, because I know they will all make me happy, or work out really well in the end.

Option 1: Stay at Rhodes next year and do Human Kinetics and Ergonomics Honours (Then possibly option 2 after that, which we can combine into "Option 3")...

Yay, exercise! 

Option 2: Stay at Rhodes next year and do Health Journalism Honours (provided they actually offer it for 2014, which there is rumour that they won't do...)

I took this photo for a health journalism piece last year.
This is also the studio where I instruct indoor cycling,
which is something I am loving doing.

Option 4: Go back home <3 study Sports Science or Biokinetics at Tuks or at UJ (provided I get accepted...) (this is a bunch of options in one. I miss home so much, I am truly torn as to whether I should go back or not...

Some of my favourite people that I miss terribly in Jozi

An old photo but probably the early days of one of my
closest friendships. I miss this girl so much! 

Option 5: Move to England

One of the streets leading away from Buckingham
Palace. I'm pretty British, I look forward to a
bustling London lifestyle

Problem: I miss home, I have jobs and independence in Grahamstown, I don't know what I want to do with my life.

So I have to make some of these choices soon, so that I can start applying for them and applying for "funding", which will be a challenge as well, people haven't been too clear on the process, so amid my exam prep I have to look into it perhaps.

In the meantime, if I do apply for Honours (which I will do "just in case" I do decide it's what I want to do), I need to have the marks earning me a position, which will be these marks from these exams now...  You could say I'm a little stressed right now, or you could understand by the fact that I'm eating 3x my "daily calorie allowance", which is steadily pushing "looking good"for my 21st in 5 weeks out of the equation...

My first time(s)

This is definitely the week of firsts. I gave my first tutorial this week, as an official Human Kinetics and Ergonomics tutor. That was fairly nerve-wracking, but went well, I think. As an introvert, I found it very strange to have fourteen people watching me and hanging on my every word for a whole 45minutes. But it's definitely a position that I think I can grow into, because it is driven by my passion for the subject and for the human body. So that will be able to guide me nicely.

Practice makes perfect from the instructor's bike

On the other hand, however, I took my first Indoor Cycling class today. This will have to take some getting used to. I think I am going to need a lot more practice, so I must definitely get myself some more studio time. I had issues with music (even though I was prepared, you know when you just over-anticipate things... Well, that). As I said, I am an introvert, for the most part, so voice projection was also a bit of an issue. I'll just have to remember to lower the music when I want to talk, until I become one of those intensely energetic and loud spinning instructors.

There were a few other firsts this week, but none quite as substantial as those two. This is going to be a great year. :D