Looking at the present to decide the future

I woke up this morning to come to terms with a few things. I am going to graduate in two years time.

I am in my third year. FOr many friends it is their graduating year; honours is an extension. I do not know if i want to do honours or not. I enjoy studying economics. I really do. LEarning how economies work, how governments and state manipulate interest rates and fiscal policies and other economic incentives to manage the financial boat. it is a bit like sailing, cept you have only the vaguest of ideas of your destination, with only the rough ideas of how insturments will work and get you to your destination.

I come to see that i really want to do something practical with my economics knowledge. That means education if possible, teaching students not only how economics works, but how to to live their lives. Yet a part of me wants to enter government service to put theoretical knowledge into practical use.

I know how people who study economics at the lower levels think that it is all theory, that there is little practical use for economics. On the contary, every decision any one makes whether a micro or a macro decision is really an economic decision. Governments who decide whether to spend a dollar more must be careful lest they throw the economy into disequilibrium.

Sometimes i don;t know about which path i want to take. And at the same time, i know that if i trust god, if i seek his will, it will be the best. Whether to work as a teacher, to work with a government. My ideal is to teach economics, but i want to gain some experience in MAS first. I want to be able to when i teach show the students the practical side as well as the fascinating aspect of economics.

Yup that is it. Life is too short.