18. Heh. You know, I think I spend more time thinking about "my future" than I do about anything else - and still I don't know exactly how to answer this. I'd want to do so many things, and in the end I'm worried I might end up doing nothing at all.
But, ok. Best case scenario? I graduate in the next few years, MA in English and BA in French. I move abroad for a few years - hopefully the States, because it's fascinating and alien - and I make friends and I have a job that has something do with language(s) and doesn't have an atmosphere of constant competition. I want to travel, and if I can manage it, I want to live in French-speaking country for a while as well.
That's about as far as I've gotten. Eventually I'll always come home to my village and family, and probably do what my parents do, minus the harvest. I like running the B&B, so maybe I'll do that, but not for at least a few decades. It requires a lot of staying home, and it means your weekends are always booked and your free days are tuesday through thursday, and your holidays are... well, there's not too many. So you can't feel restless when you run a place like that.
Oh, and I want big dogs. And kids, plural. Not necessarily a partner, though. My family is big enough that I can do without. But I don't really know when I'm supposed to have time with that, unless I can put a baby and a puppy in a backpack. I don't know, I guess I'll have to see what happens. I'm not a particularly ambitious person, though. In the end it doesn't matter what I do or where I am, as long as I'm surrounded by people I mostly enjoy being around. The rest is just a bonus.
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But, ok. Best case scenario?
I graduate in the next few years, MA in English and BA in French. I move abroad for a few years - hopefully the States, because it's fascinating and alien - and I make friends and I have a job that has something do with language(s) and doesn't have an atmosphere of constant competition. I want to travel, and if I can manage it, I want to live in French-speaking country for a while as well.
That's about as far as I've gotten. Eventually I'll always come home to my village and family, and probably do what my parents do, minus the harvest. I like running the B&B, so maybe I'll do that, but not for at least a few decades. It requires a lot of staying home, and it means your weekends are always booked and your free days are tuesday through thursday, and your holidays are... well, there's not too many. So you can't feel restless when you run a place like that.
Oh, and I want big dogs. And kids, plural. Not necessarily a partner, though. My family is big enough that I can do without. But I don't really know when I'm supposed to have time with that, unless I can put a baby and a puppy in a backpack. I don't know, I guess I'll have to see what happens. I'm not a particularly ambitious person, though. In the end it doesn't matter what I do or where I am, as long as I'm surrounded by people I mostly enjoy being around. The rest is just a bonus.