2 posts tagged “uw”

what do you do when you attain something you've been striving after for years...and it isn't what you thought?  sure i have a specific topic in mind for this question - right now, it's school, but i think this could apply to a number of situations. 

so...school.  getting into a great graduate program for my MLIS has been a goal for, like, four years.  i do well with goals, i like them, knowing what you're going for helps to shape where you're at.  and i've achieved that goal.  i'm in my program of choice.  it's...just not what i thought it would be.  granted - i'm not even a full quarter in and we were told time and again that the first quarter sucks, just make it through the dark tunnel and the sun will start shining again. but still...  so many things aren't what i thought they would be...and it makes me wonder...is it the program? or is it me?  the thing is...i'm a great student (or at least i used to be) i do academia quite well.  i get it.  i care.  but...not with this.  i love that my life isn't about school and that i'm not crazy stressed like i used to be.  but...part of that is a result of not being invested (other than financially - seriously - ouch) or terribly motivated...which is just...weird.  cause like i said, getting here a defining factor of my life.

i'm gonna stick it out for a while. hope that this next quarter is better. but what if it's not? what then?

Well, I got great news this week:  I've been accepted to my grad school of choice - UW.  This fall I will start working on my Masters in Library and Information Science.  w00t!  I'm psyched and nervous to be re-entering academia.  I hope that I quickly find the right balance between work, school, and life.  One of the things I'm most excited about is that even though I'll be getting my degree through a distance program, I won't be alone.  I'll be joined by a few great local librarians, including D!  loved getting my English Lit degree, but I've waited years to be studying this.

It will surely be *deep husky whipser* the most phenomenal library science program ever created.