Back at coffee
Mar. 14th, 2026 11:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
disappointed_lesbianToday was another day half ruined by a migraine. I'm having coffee again and I suppose I cannot simply jump back in at the doses I was having before. I cannot think of the correct term, but "dose" fits because I'm taking the coffee for quasi-medical reasons.
I did however decide on a major for grad school: nature conservation or sustainability; it goes by several different names. If I ever get a career, I feel like I could do better for the world with this sort of knowledge than what I could do with applied math. The latter would probably be more lucrative and easier to find jobs with, however.
Actually, I'm not 100% decided, and me even having a choice depends on what kind of scholarship I can get and where the school is. Too many Taiwanese universities are in large cities, and I'm not going to expose myself to that noise, pollution, and crowding. I'm looking for a university up in the mountains, where, I hope, the air is better and the pace of life is slower. Then I will decide on the basis of the majors available at such colleges. Another factor is whether the program will improve my Mandarin skills. There seems to be a lot of programs taught in English.
I'm sweaty a lot now and I cannot afford to do laundry often enough. Today I wondered whether this menopause thing is actually better than menstruating. Maybe not, but it doesn't last as long. Then again, it isn't painful. It's the randomness of hot flashes and their alternation with coldness that make this so bothersome.
My insomnia is going to ruin everything. It's the reason I keep over-dosing on caffeine.
I did however decide on a major for grad school: nature conservation or sustainability; it goes by several different names. If I ever get a career, I feel like I could do better for the world with this sort of knowledge than what I could do with applied math. The latter would probably be more lucrative and easier to find jobs with, however.
Actually, I'm not 100% decided, and me even having a choice depends on what kind of scholarship I can get and where the school is. Too many Taiwanese universities are in large cities, and I'm not going to expose myself to that noise, pollution, and crowding. I'm looking for a university up in the mountains, where, I hope, the air is better and the pace of life is slower. Then I will decide on the basis of the majors available at such colleges. Another factor is whether the program will improve my Mandarin skills. There seems to be a lot of programs taught in English.
I'm sweaty a lot now and I cannot afford to do laundry often enough. Today I wondered whether this menopause thing is actually better than menstruating. Maybe not, but it doesn't last as long. Then again, it isn't painful. It's the randomness of hot flashes and their alternation with coldness that make this so bothersome.
My insomnia is going to ruin everything. It's the reason I keep over-dosing on caffeine.
