Deviating
Sara Cusack | Senior | Asian Studies and Cognitive Science
“I never have considered myself someone who had a ‘plan.’ A plan for how what I do in college would translate into after college and then turn into a career. In fact, those were the people I would make jokes about while secretly being jealous of their sense of direction in life. When my family members ask me what my plans are after graduation, as they do with more and more frequency the older I get, I make up answers like ‘oh I don’t know, maybe I’ll teach abroad and figure things out as I go.’...Then I feel the pull again to plants and growing and food justice and farming. I see all the ways I have been so happy working in Detroit this summer, and I see how that, too, could translate into a future for myself completely separate from what I’ve been dreaming for the past three years.” Read more. |