A shift in mindset
OK, here's the first of the non-travel related blog entries. I've noticed more and more that the uni student mentality around this time of year is one of "x days to go till I'm free!" And when exams are finished, it becomes "x years to go till I'm free!" Back when we were in school, we tortured ourselves with study with the attitude in the back of our minds, "when exams are done, I'm free forever! Sure, uni's next, but that's no big deal. You only have to pass!" When I work over the summer, it's often "x days till I'm back to uni and out of here!" When I'm back at uni, it's "x weeks until I'm finished again!" When I was saving for my trip, it was "x weeks till I leave!" When I was homesick and killing time in an obscure Peruvian city it was a (more fervent than ever) "x weeks till I'm home!" Basically, it seems that for nearly everything that is happening, w...