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blackbootz  ·  1961 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: November 14, 2018

I can't believe the semester in Korea is rounding third base. Only six weeks left. I'll then spend a month in Thailand and Indonesia 8) with a short stop in San Diego to see my family. Then one last semester of Kolleg.

Everything is so different and yet the same. I thought radically changing my environment would radically change me. But that hasn't been the case. I'm still working through the same self-doubts, still looking for my tribe. I truly wonder if this sort of work ever ends.

On a few more positive notes, I've found an enthusiasm for... monetary policy! I love my economics course about this stuff. Tyler Cowen says macroeconomics may well stand near the summit of our epistemic limitations, but man is it fun to work through its puzzles. Should I go to grad school to have this love beat out of me? I've also been to all four corners of Korea. It's been as horizon-expanding an experience as I could've hoped for. I'm starting to realize all the things I will miss about it. The clean facilities. The insanely delicious food. The little shelves in the bathroom stalls for your to put your cell phone and wallet when you poop.