I think everyone likes to think that they've got a plan
for where they're going, but my plans already changed multiple times.
You know, there might be a new opportunity tomorrow that I don't know about
that comes up and could completely change my mind.
I think I said earlier that I was I used to be
so like neurotic and I used to have like a five year plan for my life.
And so what I wanted to happen after graduating.
But I think, you know, after COVID and lockdown, everything,
I really learned to just sort of let go of that and just sort of
be open to whatever, sort of, comes my way next.
Obviously, the job that I found myself in now is a little bit further
away from psychology,
but I'm really enjoying that.
So I've sort of got the option now whether to go back into the mental health
side of it or continue with more sort of recruitment and marketing,
which again, I do still do some work with psychology
but yeah I’ve not got a plan at the moment.
I'm just enjoying the job role that I'm in.
I think working at the university in general is amazing.
And you know,
you were saying that you were sort of trying to find way to stay
and they've not managed to get rid of me yet.
So...
But yeah, I'm just enjoying sort of staying on at the university
at the moment and working here.
So my answer is quite similar.
So I think everyone likes to think that they've got a plan
for where they're going, but my plan's already changed multiple times.
So five years ago I didn't know that I would be here now.
So it doesn't make much sense for me to try and plan five years
in the future because things can change so quickly.
Obviously, short term, I want to try and finish the PhD and hopefully pass,
but then after that, you know, there might be a new opportunity tomorrow
that I don't know about that comes up and could completely change my mind.
So I think the important thing is just to have a general idea,
it’s useful to think about where you want to go, but just be open to whatever
comes your way and don't shy away from an experience or
an opportunity just because you have a set
predefined thing that you came up with and wrote down a couple of years ago.
I volunteer with Parkinson's UK.
So I am a little bit guided by that.
I'm interested in researching with people with Parkinson's.
It's just an area of interest for me.
I did want to do it for my dissertation, but it's
fallen apart ever so slightly.
So what I've done is adjusted it and researched in a similar area.
But the plan hopefully is to get back to that research.
I know they've got at Hull a White Rose Scholarship for a funded PhD.
It could be very far in the future, but it's always an option.
I'm enrolled in the clinical psychology modules,
so I'll be applying for the fast track doctorate when those open.
But again, like I think like a lot of other people,
it's important not to get too fixated on 'this is what I want to do'
because like we've heard, there's so many different routes
to the same place anyway that things can change.
And it's important just to
still be open minded and
just see how it goes.