When I first graduated last June, having not been accepted to PA school, I was dreading the prospect of having a year off. After all, it was in the middle of my PLAN (you know, the absolutely perfect, nothing will EVER destroy this, everything will go according to it plan?). I had always just thought that I would go straight to grad. school after college, and never even thought about taking a break. When all of that changed, I was not happy. I had previously been a person that was adamantly against change. And I really hated not going back to school in the fall, and not having a set structure to my day.
Now that I've been accepted, I can fully appreciate the time that I have off, and realize how good it was for me to not get in the first time, because I really needed time for myself and to pursue things other than school. It gave me time to rest and recouperate, and appreciate what gifts learning and education really are.
And, in addition to appreciating stuff, I am certainly occupying my time with nothing of importance or value, except to my sanity. For the first time in forever, I am able to turn on the TV at night, flip through the channels, and find the worst, absolutely corny, tasteless, or mindless television show, and sit through an entire episode without worrying about homework or the exam I have to take tomorrow (unless, of course, it's Thursday, when I have a standing engagement with ABC for Grey's Anatomy...it's the only show I really watched during college, and always made sure my homework was done before the episode started). I have also read a good chunk of the books I bought but never got around to reading during college, although the pile is still quite voluminous, and it will take me a great while to get through them. I am just happy I have time to read again. I have time to sleep in, make a real breakfast, enjoy cooking, reading the magazines that come in the mail, and really plan for the things that I will need to have in order come June.
That is all...off to do something of no particular value, except to my sanity. I don't know quite what that is yet, but will find out when I settle on whatever it is.
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Wednesday, January 13, 2010
How I am currently spending my time off...
When I first graduated last June, having not been accepted to PA school, I was dreading the prospect of having a year off. After all, it was in the middle of my PLAN (you know, the absolutely perfect, nothing will EVER destroy this, everything will go according to it plan?). I had always just thought that I would go straight to grad. school after college, and never even thought about taking a break. When all of that changed, I was not happy. I had previously been a person that was adamantly against change. And I really hated not going back to school in the fall, and not having a set structure to my day.
Now that I've been accepted, I can fully appreciate the time that I have off, and realize how good it was for me to not get in the first time, because I really needed time for myself and to pursue things other than school. It gave me time to rest and recouperate, and appreciate what gifts learning and education really are.
And, in addition to appreciating stuff, I am certainly occupying my time with nothing of importance or value, except to my sanity. For the first time in forever, I am able to turn on the TV at night, flip through the channels, and find the worst, absolutely corny, tasteless, or mindless television show, and sit through an entire episode without worrying about homework or the exam I have to take tomorrow (unless, of course, it's Thursday, when I have a standing engagement with ABC for Grey's Anatomy...it's the only show I really watched during college, and always made sure my homework was done before the episode started). I have also read a good chunk of the books I bought but never got around to reading during college, although the pile is still quite voluminous, and it will take me a great while to get through them. I am just happy I have time to read again. I have time to sleep in, make a real breakfast, enjoy cooking, reading the magazines that come in the mail, and really plan for the things that I will need to have in order come June.
That is all...off to do something of no particular value, except to my sanity. I don't know quite what that is yet, but will find out when I settle on whatever it is.
Now that I've been accepted, I can fully appreciate the time that I have off, and realize how good it was for me to not get in the first time, because I really needed time for myself and to pursue things other than school. It gave me time to rest and recouperate, and appreciate what gifts learning and education really are.
And, in addition to appreciating stuff, I am certainly occupying my time with nothing of importance or value, except to my sanity. For the first time in forever, I am able to turn on the TV at night, flip through the channels, and find the worst, absolutely corny, tasteless, or mindless television show, and sit through an entire episode without worrying about homework or the exam I have to take tomorrow (unless, of course, it's Thursday, when I have a standing engagement with ABC for Grey's Anatomy...it's the only show I really watched during college, and always made sure my homework was done before the episode started). I have also read a good chunk of the books I bought but never got around to reading during college, although the pile is still quite voluminous, and it will take me a great while to get through them. I am just happy I have time to read again. I have time to sleep in, make a real breakfast, enjoy cooking, reading the magazines that come in the mail, and really plan for the things that I will need to have in order come June.
That is all...off to do something of no particular value, except to my sanity. I don't know quite what that is yet, but will find out when I settle on whatever it is.
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