Decision-making
I have to make a really big decision and I don’t know what I want. I thought I knew, but now everything is clouded and it seems like my best decision is to stay put. Below is a pro/con list that’s supposed to help me put things in perspective and figure out what is truly best for me.
My ultimate goal: Get a university job in Busan with a start date of March.
Option 1: Go home in September, return to Korea in March.
Pros:
- I’ll get to spend a lot of quality time with my family and friends.
- I’ll get to smoke a lot of weed.
- I won’t be rushed, can spend time with my dad in Texas, my family in Oklahoma, and football season with my friends in Florida.
- Can see how things go with Carl (this can also be a con, if they go too well, then it will be that much harder to come back to Korea).
- I will miss winter in Korea, allelujia.
- I will have a free ticket home, and maybe I can even work out an open-ended return ticket back to Korea.
- Home for Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, and my little cousin’s baby.
Cons:
- I’ll have just enough money to pay my bills and live very conservatively.
- I will miss out on networking opportunities in Korea.
- I might have to fly back to Korea for an interview at some point.
- I will miss the Fireworks festival in Busan, one of my favorite memories ever.
Option 2: Stay at my current job through February, start uni job in March:
Pros:
- I will make a lot of money. With my credit card paid off by this point, I can save a lot of money and pay extra towards my monthly student loan payments. Also, I will get a bonus and a raise.
- I can probably go to my bff’s wedding in Hawaii in September.
- I can probably go home for a month in January and visit family then.
- I’ll be in Korea to network for uni jobs and for any possible interviews.
- I would still get the airfare reimbursement to go home for a month.
- my job is easy, I know what to expect now.
- fall in Korea is splendid.
Cons:
- another winter in Korea.
- won’t get to spend as much time in the states.
- will miss all the holidays with my family.
- will be rushed to see everyone and do everything that I want to do back home.
- run the risk of getting really homesick, possibly depressed.
