At some point, before I settle down or have to be too boring, I would like to travel abroad, especially around Europe. I would go on the ERASMUS scheme at university, where you spend your second year in a partner university (Copenhagen would have been my favourite choice). However, because I want (read: NEED) a placement year in a financial institution to help my job prospects.
It's sad that I've had to give up so much just to work towards a job I have a very slim chance of getting. I wanted to study palaeontology (http://motherboard.vice.com/en_au/blog/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-first-year-paleontology-phd-student - this gave me serious FOMO) and travel abroad - better that, study palaeontology in a foreign university, but I can't, because I have to spend money to get a better chance at earning the money I need to do that. But, if I'm earning money I have no time to do that stuff, to live my life. It's all very unsatisfying. There's got to be more than this.
To counter this, I have decided to learn a language, notably Dutch on Duolingo. Not only do I really want to travel but my third favourite band, Orange Skyline (first place is The Heartbreaks, second place is the now defunct This Modern Youth) tweet and do their press releases and status updates in Dutch as they are from Groningen (I think. I'm sure it's not German). So it's not the worst reason to learn a language, the worst I find learning French to increase your chances of getting laid, but it's not the best.
I'm also using my £2 Challenge tin to maybe help fund a summer in Europe one year. The £2 Challenge is where you collect £2 coins, because it's a decent denomination - 5 coins is £10, so it's easy to build a large sum.
My £2 Challenge tin is an old truffle box which fits those coins perfectly - I now have 10 £2 coins, well on my way to the however-much-it-costs trip around Europe.
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