Indecisive, who, me?

Yesterday I found myself, yet again, trying to make sense of the Finnish university system in general, and my situation in particular, to a foreign student. I do see why it is complicated; I mean, I'm technically a post-graduate student, since I'm in my 5th year and working on my Master's thesis, but I've never actually graduated. I'm in my last year' (more about that it a bit), but I'm still taking 2nd year BA courses - in a subject where last year I took MA courses. I'm not really in my 5th year at all, since I've only studied 3½ years. I wrote my BA thesis last spring, and I'm planning to have my MA thesis done by the end of the year. And, as it looks now, I'll be graduating with a BA in March 2013, and an MA only two months later.

So, yes, I do see the confusion.

Ok, a quick disclaimer about that last bit - at the moment it seems entirely possible, and if I do decide to leave uni next year, that'll be what happens. The only thing standing in the way of that plan is me, and my own indecisiveness.

To back up a teeny bit, at the beginning of last month I wrote this post, where I talked about my decision to sort myself out so that I could graduate 6 months earlier than planned, because I want to move back to the UK (still not sure if it'll be London or Edinburgh, that changes on a daily basis). Since then, a few ideas have settled themselves into my head, one after the other, so that it's now pretty crammed... Here's a bit of a sped up version of what's been going on in my head lately:

- So, I want to graduate by Christmas '13 so that I can move back to the UK after that.

- Unleeeess... You're allowed to do a second Erasmus exchange, aren't you?

- If I'm moving to the UK anyway, I might as well spend a year at a university there first - preferably one a bit less shit than the previous one, but I'm not too fussy... And I still have several months of student benefits left, so there's no reason why not!

- Right, I'll check which places got no applications for this autumn, at least I should have a chance to get a place at those... Aberdeen, cool... Wales, the uni's in the middle of nowhere, but there's a really cool program there... And then I'll try Glasgow, just in case...

- ...Although, I should probably find out if that interpreting program in Stockholm is going to be on next year...

- Naah, I don't really fancy going to Stockholm at the moment, I can always do that later...

- Actually, should I just graduate next spring, and then move to London, or Edinburgh, and start working?

-Oh, look, internships in London, and they're even sort of paid ones... Hmm...

So, basically, I've gone from one option to four: exchange, move to London, move to Edinburgh, internship. But at least I've come far enough to know that I want to get my 300 uni credits together by May next year, and then head abroad. Now I just need to figure out the how? and the where?

Surprisingly appropriate, this! From: wehearit

Oh, and PS: If anyone's actually reading this on a regular basis, I'm sure you're really tired of all these changing plans already, but trust me, so is (probably) my family and friends! It's just the way I am, and it probably won't stop here.