It's been so long since I've gone out with a friend, it's ridiculous; so now that the Uni semester is done, I've decided to try get out as much as possible before it starts up again and I lose myself in a big snowball of stress.
Remember back in December when I had lunch with my friend Kat? Well it's been that long since I've seen her because unfortunately, the freedom you get with becoming an adult also comes with a buttload of responsibilities that we both managed to get trapped under these past six months. We were planning to have Japanese down in my neck of the woods, seeing as I went all the way up to Perth last time, but after a some thought, I realised that I like Perth better anyway. There's no good shops down here and everything is far away from everything else, which is why I go to the city so often.
Anyway, because it's the end of the semester, we thought we'd take a small break from all the stresses of life and go out to lunch once again to catch up. We decided that now it's really turning into winter, it would be a perfect time to go and get some ramen. The place I went to after Safari Zone back in February proved to be worth the trip, so later on in the week, that's exactly where we went~
It was so nice to be able to hang out with someone that isn't my partner or in my regular social circle. Although I love those friends to bits; none of them are in my field of study at Uni so it's a bit hard for me to talk to them about what I've been going through this semester. For a while now, I've had a feeling that my major might not really be my thing anymore. I started studying English and creative writing last year, because the job I want to get in the future only requires a degree; what field it's in is up to you. I thought that because I enjoy writing, it'd be the perfect thing to study to get where I want to go, but after this semester.. I'm not sure, I'm just not feeling it.
So I asked myself what I am feeling now, and my first thought was fashion. Not in the designing clothes aspect, but in stylist work and fashion journalism. I thought 'great, maybe I'll just go for a double major - one in writing and one in fashion'. But after a bit more research, I've found that my University doesn't offer any courses in fashion. The one that does is even further away from where I live, and if I were to go there, I would lose all the progress I've made in these past 12 months. I have a decision to make, and this is where Kat comes in.
During our catch up, it turns out that both of us are considering not only changing majors, but changing Universities as well! This made me feel so much better because before, I thought I was the only one who was having doubts and everyone else knew exactly what path they wanted to be on. We talked it over and I've decided that I'm going to stay with my writing degree for at least next semester and see if I still feel the same by the end of it; this semester was all theory work and no practical, whereas next semester, I get to actually do some writing. So yeah, quarter life crisis is temporarily solved, and who knows, I might find a way to do both subjects? Only time will tell~
Of course, my crisis wasn't the only thing we talked about, but it is the reason I felt like this day was important enough to write about; that and being able to catch up with a good friend. Kat talks a lot, but I like that about her; usually I'm the one leading the conversation and it makes me feel so narcissistic, but with Kat and I both having so much to say, there's a perfect balance.
After lunch - which was delicious - we decided to go for a bit of shopping. Neither of us are doing too well financially, but that was a problem for another day. Thankfully, we managed to restrain ourselves and mostly window shop, only getting a couple of things each. Now that I think about it, I didn't even pay for the shirt I came home with.. for some reason, Kat insisted on adding it to her cart - which made me wish I paid for her lunch or something, but she's just sweet like that.
After a surprisingly long session of window shopping, it was getting cold and we decided to call it a day. My partner was up in the city, due to finish tafe around 20 minutes after that, so I walked Kat to the bus stop and we parted ways there and I met up with him later.
I felt really good after that, even during the study session I forced myself to commit to for spending a day in the city so close to exams. I'm still a little nervous about what I'm doing to end up doing with my life, but honestly, I feel so much better having talked it over with someone in such a similar situation and then being able to have a nice day out to forget everything.
Sometimes all you need to solve your problems is a good friend - and a hot bowl of ramen.
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