I graduated high school two days ago, meaning that my entire 12 years of schooling have finally come to an end. It really hasn't sunk in yet that my childhood has essentially ended and that I'm about to be thrust into adult hood.
The next step in my life right now is to decide what I'm going to do, at least for the next couple of years. I've applied for university and for now I intend to defer for a year to stay at home working for an extra year to save up and get the final hours I need to get my P's and be able to move out the following year and go to uni then - while living in Cairns.
While I have this plan that I know will work for me, it is a little disheartening to see so many of my friends going off to uni or to work, confident in what they want to do. To see so many people I've been schooling with for the past 4 years move away is weird. It's weird to see my life changing so drastically in only a short few months in the upcoming new year. Fingers crossed I won't loose focus and get stuck where I am.
I've begun thinking of what else I can do with my time as a fresh adult and I've singled in on a couple of TAFE courses I can do over the year, which is good and productive of me. That being said I am also thinking of finally doing some of the more creative things I've been wanting to do but never had time for really. Painting and doing more art has been one thing on that list, learning pottery (if that's the correct way to phrase that I'm unsure), write more - story wise or on here either one, do some photography because I have always wanted to be one of those people who are good at photography and also start a YouTube channel and make videos. All these are things that I have been longing to do for a few years and have always pushed aside because "school is more important" and I needed to be completely focused on finishing and now that I have I can do everything - in theory. My creativity is something that I would like spend this upcoming year learning to channel into different things.
Well this is my life conundrum right now. High school and essentially my childhood are done and dusted and now all I have to do is figure out what I'm doing with this next year...and my life.
