Small steps
August 23rd, 2007Read Silvia’s post here
Monday morning Silvia and I met for breakfast and talked, among other things, about decisions. Then I finally said aloud what I have known all along: “I think I need to go to Rotterdam. I just have this gut feeling… it is where I should go.”
You see, I have been toying with alternatives (Utrecht, Gerrit Rietweld at Amsterdam, Berlin..) and listening to other people. My art teacher says to go to Berlin. Lots of people have had a good point that if I want to do the Type&Media master’s program at KABK, maybe I should take the opportunity to pick another country for my exchange year. I can speak german, I can not speak dutch (yet).
But some have said: go to Holland because you love being there. The question is, Can I just trust my gut feeling?
I know, I know, I have this habit of obsessing about the future, when I should be enjoying the school year ahead here. But I feel so much calmer when I have laid out my plans and can work towards them. To be honest, WDKA is not just about a gut feeling. I have poured through the course syllabus and it looks good, particularly the editorial design minor.
And now I got this crazy idea that I might take a long weekend and visit Holland at some point during the year, to go school-sightseeing and see friends. Even the thought is making me giddy…
P.S. Today I left in my application for dutch courses at the university. Fingers crossed that I get in!