Walking around LSU today, the familiar foot paths, the giant oaks draping down to the ground, I felt a sense of nostalgia.
‘Maybe I could go back to school. Finish my degree, dig in the dirt a while…’
But I will not return to LSU. I loathe that place. They put all of their energy into athletics instead of academics.
I’ve really only got a year and a half, maybe two years left.
I feel like my brain is dormant as of late.
As of the past year truly.
I find that I am good at school, it’s easy, it’s a method.
And I enjoy learning.
And perhaps having a college degree wouldn’t be such a bad thing after all.
I love anthropology and history and geography.
But that means giving up the coffee roasting adventure, which I’m quite alright with. I don’t know, I always get this awful sinking feeling in my gut when I think about starting a coffee roasting business. And on the road none the less. Sure it’s eventually profitable but it’s not what I want to do.
I want to see and study the world and the people who live in it.
I’m more interested in the daily interactions between coffee planters and how their work affects their families than I am about buying that coffee, roasting it and selling to the masses to make a buck.
I still believe that knowledge for the sake of knowledge is something worth seeking. It may be impractical to pay for school for four years to get a degree which doesn’t necessarily qualify you for an outstanding paying job. But it brings me forward.
