The Indian Elephant in the Room

My inability to get a job in a career that I want to be involved in has led to, lets say, a "re-imagining" of My Plan. Having assumed that 2011 would remain achievement free (a defeatist opinion, I know) I decided to plan a month long trip to India which would coincide with a trip the family was originally taking to Sri-Lanka in order to visit the extended family who live there.

This two month vacum would allow me to inevitably do what a lot of students end up doing after they finish their degrees. Go travelling. Though for me, it would be on a much smaller scale-I'm not made of money!

I've wanted to go India for a very long time and I'm really pleased that I'm finally getting to go...

...however, let's not mistake this trip for what it really is; a diversion.  

Yes, this trip requires planning and it will be an amazing experience blah, blah, blah but the reality is that it is such a FANTASTIC excuse to not apply myself and search for a job. 

The trip was also used as an excuse when I had the previously mentioned conversation with my mum about finding a job. 

Obviously, having written this out for 'all' to see I am well aware of how I use this trip to avoid job-hunting, so rather than this being a post about how gaining experiences is a great use of your time whilst job-hunting. What I am really trying to show is my ability to use this trip to fuel my laziness. It's quite shameful really.

I kind of feel like I'm the only one being like this. I don't expect that a lot of people read this blog but many people that I know have been very productive. It's great to see in people but hard to execute within yourself, at least for me. I need only make you aware of Rule 6.