7. 2. 4. 4. the number of years spent looking forward to being done with the "means" and getting to the "end".
ok maybe when i was in kindergarten i wasn't exactly counting down to the day i would be finished with elementary school. but you can bet that in 7th grade i was looking forward to high school and in 9th i was ready for college and four years in college felt like an eternity until graduation, job, life. and now here i am, 17 years of education later and the waiting is over.
for the forseeable future, i've reached the "end".
yes, there are many more things to be done, goals to accomplish, milestones to reach. but for now i'm in a steady state. i am no longer a "student", "excited about graduation" or "getting ready to move". which begs the question: how will i define myself?
never in my life has there been so much freedom. i don't have to dictate my time around this class or that assignment or ohmygoodness i have to take a test/pass this class/get into college/find a job. who do i want to be? how do i want to spend my time? what is important to me? the words "master of my own destiny" have never felt so real.
its rather exciting, no?
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