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The future is one of those tricky items. With a flip of a switch, throw of the dice, drop of a hat, our plans can change their course, usually in a direction we certainly were not expecting.

A friend of mine mentioned potentially getting an apartment very near to campus next scholastic year. I was previously set in my plan for being an RA again - decent salary, great housing situation, drawbacks of red tape and other time-consuming requirements. This new living arrangement could be very advantageous, particularly the getting away from RA time-consuming requirements, plus, I’d be living with a very good friend.

Even now as I think about it, the idea sounds the more appealing. With expected research, design project prospects, Apple Campus Rep roles, not being an RA would be amazing. And really, what did I go into this job for? Fun? Love handling inconveniences?

No. For experience. I wanted to have mentoring experience, so I was a mentor. Then grading and engineering TA experience. Then mathematics TA experience. Then barista experience (perhaps some expected longer-term experience, though). And now residents issues and minor organizational experience.

So, perhaps, I have convinced myself out of next year’s RA job. It will be for the better.

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