The 21-year-old midfielder is 80% certain to be heading to police college in January, where she will spend four months.
After that she will be based in Oamaru for the next two years.
A key player for both Dunedin Technical and Southern United, she would spell a big loss if she was unable to play.
It is not that she does not want to.
However, whether she can commit to doing so while living a 90-minute drive away is another question.
"I'm leaning towards playing for Tech again,'' she said.
"But it's one of those things: I don't want to be turning up every now and again and taking someone's position. I don't think it's fair if I'm not training and stuff.
"So it might be one of those things where I just looked towards the end of the season playing national women's league if I can keep up with it.''
It has been a big couple of years for Smith.
After spending two seasons at Marshall University in the United States, she decided to forgo her final two years and return home.
Since then, she has had plenty to do, given the successful time women's football has experienced in the South.
Notably, she won the Maia Jackman Trophy for player of the final in Tech's 4-1 win in the Kate Sheppard Cup final.
Less than a week later, she was back at it - scoring two goals from set-pieces in Southern's national league opener against Central.
One of those was an absolute stunner - a crafty manoeuvre also involving Chelsea Whittaker and Emily Morison which will be a contender for goal of the season.
She scored a third from a set-piece on Saturday against Capital. However, the past month has been challenging for Southern.
The lack of a break for the Tech players, who make up half the squad, has become a factor.
Southern held on to draw its second game, against Northern, but has since lost four of its past five.
Smith said fatigue was becoming challenging.
"After the Northern game a few of the girls got sick.
"I think coming off such a buzz it finally hit us. The adrenaline kind of stopped and everyone just went downhill.
"As a group we're kind of on the uphill again, so I think we're going to do good this weekend.''
That is positive news, although it is also an uphill battle for the side to make the top three now.
It has five games to play and is seven points outside the playoff spots.
However, it has a chance to close that gap as it faces one of the sides it is chasing tomorrow.
The Northern Lights travel south, Southern requiring a win to continue applying pressure to the league's top teams.
