Globalization

The last fifty years our society has been subject to a substantial globalization process and I would say that this development will continue for the next fifty years aswell. On our continent, the European Union is helping countries to become more open towards one and other and in the long run this will help us become even more open to other continents than we are today.

In the past, different treaties such as the maastricht treaty, which was the foundation for the European Union, has helped European countries to open up their boarders. To travel as a European between the member states is almost as easy as travelling within ones own country. Due to this I reckon that Europe will beginn a developement towards becoming more of a country and the current countries will in the long run be seen as states in the same way as the states in the US. This development will help Europe become a more powerful unit and it will be easier for us to negotiate in different international matters.

I also believe and hope that new treaties between continents will help the globalization process to move forward in order to help diminish the difficulties we have today when travelling to other continents.

My Personal Changes Within the Next Five Years

The last three years I have been studying economics at Karlstad University and this is something that I have definitely enjoyed doing. I started my education rather uncertain of whether I really wanted to become an economist or not. Hence, I basically spent the first year questioning my choiche of proffesion.

However, I was keen on getting an education and after succesfully completing my first year I was convinced that I had made the right choice. Right now I am doing my sixt semester and my education is about to end within the next year. This basically means that I am on the verge of entering a new chapter of my life which hopefully will beginn with me getting a job where I can use some of the knowledge that I have acquired from the years at university. If I get a job and I sure do hope so it will be followed by me getting a better income and that is something that I am really looking forward to.

It can be very stressful sometimes not knowing what will happen or where you will end up and since a degree in economics is very broad I believe ones future becomes even more uncertain. However, I reckon that as long as you do something that you enjoy doing and make choices that you can support you will eventually end up right where you want to be. Whether that is working in a bank or help alleviate poverty in Africa you will be happy.