Senioritis I guess

I don't know what's wrong with me, but this is the most slacker-ish I have ever been. I've been having the most difficult time buckling down and doing all my homework/papers, until I absolutely need to. It's making me so mad! I guess it's senioritis, but when I think of this disease, I figure people who get it have certain goals and at least kind of know what they're doing after graduation, so they get this syndrome because they have something in particular to look forward to. But that's not really the case with me...I don't know what I will do with my degree yet. I have ideas about what I want to do with my life (and of course those ideas will be forever changing), but I have no plans for soon after graduation, so I shouldn't be looking forward to nothing!
So if money, time, and other obstacles were not an issue, here is what my plan would be:

1) Graduate w/ a degree in communication studies and a minor in Spanish
2) Work for a while (and I really don't mind working an hourly-wage job for a while until I decide where I want to go career-wise)
3) Once I've worked for a while, travel. For at least a month or two. Maybe around the US, maybe around Europe, maybe around Central or South America (it would be nice to put my Spanish to use). While traveling, do some volunteering in the places I visit.
4) Write about my experiences while traveling.

OR pretending that money is not an issue, I would do the traveling right after graduation. Like the old cliche saying, I would love to travel and "find myself" :)

But the fact is, money and time and other obstacles are an issue, so unless I win the lottery or slip on a puddle in Wal-Mart and receive thousands from them, it looks like these traveling plans (and I'm not trying to be a pessimist or a downer or self-pitying) will have to wait.

Thinking about this inspires me to read some Henry David Thoreau and John Muir. I've studied them in classes and read about them, but I've never actually read their own writings. Any suggestions will be gladly accepted! I have one of Thoreau's quotes on my Facebook profile, which I found in another book..."The mass of men are living in quiet desperation." I think this quote speaks the truth, because rarely do you find someone who is completely content with where they are, how they are living, and who they are. I think we are all somehow desperate to find ourselves and figure out exactly where we fit.

But here I go blogging and procrastinating once again, so I'll leave you here and force myself to do some school-related writing for once.

Have a great week!