Single for Christmas

I've noticed that for some reason people like to be single in summer, but have someone in winter. Probably saves on heating bills. But I'm here to tell you that you don't need to man/woman for the holidays, being single is just as good.

1. SAVE ON PRESENTS - you don't have to buy presents for that special someone. You don't even have to think about buying presents for them. You don't have spend ages trying to guess what they want, or think about if you're even doing presents, nor how much you should spend on them.

2. YOU CAN KISS WHO YOU LIKE - waiting around the mistletoe is something that has to be done. You have the mystery of not knowing who you'll bump into under there. Plus, when the clock strikes twelve at midnight on new years eve you can kiss whoever you would like, within reason of course.

Throw on some tinsel & sequins and enjoy yourself

3. NO AWKWARD FAMILY MEETINGS - you don't have to hang around awkwardly at your boyfriend/girlfriend's house whilst all of their family gather and exchange presents. You don't have to make small talk with people that you've never met before, or just sit there silently like an extra piece to a jigsaw puzzle whilst they go through their Christmas traditions.

4. YOU CAN SPEND TIME WITH YOUR OWN FAMILY - Christmas is a time for family and now you can spend some quality time with your family, on your own. You can play some board games and stuff your face with Christmas food without having to play host to someone the entire time and having to make sure that they're entertained. Plus, you don't miss out on time with them, because  you can stay at home the entire time.

5. YOU CAN BE SELFISH - you don't have to share your chocolates with anyone. Or your presents.

6. ALONE TIME IS GOOD TIME - if there's any-time to be alone, Christmas is the best time. Christmas isn't exactly a lonely time, so being single at Christmas isn't too bad. In fact, it's probably the best time for you to be single. You can keep yourself busy, and surround yourself with friends and family, plus it's acceptable for you to stuff your face and eat an entire terry's chocolate orange in an hour.

The Future

The usual conversation that will follow from someone asking me what I study, is what I then intend to do with my degree, and the answers is always the same; I don't know what I want to do after uni.

In first year it wasn't really a big deal, and maybe it still isn't now, but being halfway through my degree already I do sometimes think that I need to get a move on. When I was in sixth form I had several ideas about what I wanted to do at university, and now I'm at university I have several ideas of what I'd like to do after university, but they're just ideas, and I'm so indecisive.

When I listen to other people talking about law conversion courses, teacher training and placements, it actually makes me feel a little bit ill. I know that there are things that I should be looking in to, in order to help me to decide, but I can't even decide on them. It's terrible. Googling what to do with my life hasn't helped much either - I wouldn't recommend google for drastic life decisions.

Not even slightly helpful

Currently, I have about three or four ideas floating around in my head, but I wouldn't have said I'm very sure of any of them. As a person who always has to be organised and plans things months in advance, not knowing makes me incredibly anxious. It's not that I'm not driven - I want to go and do things with my life, it's that I don't know what I want to do. Most people I know have dreams that they want to go into a certain career, or work with children/animals, or just make lots of money. I know I'll have to make money, but doing what?

I think perhaps the problem might be to do with the number of people who aren't getting the jobs they want when they leave university. Or a job at all, in fact. I know that there are people who have not only worked a lot harder than me, but actually are a lot cleverer than me, and I'll have to compete with them for jobs. That's scary stuff. If you've ever seen the TV programme 'drifters' then you'll know what my fears are. Ending up back at my old part-time holiday job full-time whilst stuck living at home.

All I know right now is that I don't fancy doing a postgraduate degree, three years at university (and £27,000 in fees) is enough for me.