I have had the outline of this post drafted for months now, counting down the days until I could actually post this. And now, that day has come!!! If you have talked to me at any point during the past two years, you know that grad school has pretty much consumed my life (at least my life that wasn't being consumed by work). For some crazy reason, unbeknownst to me, right after I finished my undergraduate degree, I decided to go back for more! Little did I know that I would end up moving cross country and starting a new job all within my first semester of grad school!
Let me tell you. The past five semesters have not been pretty. There have been days that I cried myself to sleep and then woke up in tears the next morning because my brain felt like it never had a chance to catch up or rest or breath! My eyesight has most definitely declined through grad school (no wonder - I stare at a computer all day at work and then come home and stare at a different computer for school all evening)! Having a social life was pretty much non-existent. Keeping up on house chores was a semi-regular thing, and I even found ways to cut down on the time I spent doing house things (i.e. literally buying a third set of towels so I could justify waiting another week to do laundry because there just wasn't time between work and school). Grad school has been far more time consuming and intense than I ever imagined (especially since all my classes were condensed into 7.5 week sessions), and I have read countless pages and written enough papers and discussion board posts to compile a short novel I'm sure. Two years ago, as I sat in my tiny apartment back in Phoenix applying for grad school, I was thrilled at the opportunity to continue learning. Two years later, I want to scream from the rooftop that I am DONE with my Master's degree! Am I glad I pursued my Master's degree right after my undergrad? Yes. Would I do it again? Debatable. I never thought this day would come, but today, today I can say that I am done with school FOREVER. And really, I mean it. Please hold me accountable to that friends - I don't think my sanity (or my bank account) can afford pursuing a PhD!
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