the past couple days i've been thinking a lot about my life after university and what i'll be doing with it. i've come to realize that thinking about the far-future is not the best use of time when one really needs to be thinking of the near-future--books to read, papers to write, tests to take. so until the evening of 15 december, i will be taking life day by day. i've never been too good at living in the present; this ought to be interesting.