Going back to grad school early
14 months ago
Well, circumstances kept me in the country, so I’m back in grad school working on my masters in History now instead.
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Spend less time fooling around on the net and more time actually working
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Do ten real push-ups.
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go to bed earlier
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spend at least 10 minutes every day cleaning, organizing or decluttering
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Stop buying things from Wal-Mart
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Go a whole month only buying food and other necessities
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plant a tree
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wake up when my alarm clock goes off
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Take out the trash
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stop procrastinating
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be a professor
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help someone
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be mindful every moment and meditate daily
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get in shape
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learn Latin
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be fluent in Spanish
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live in a foreign country
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learn French
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Learn Portuguese
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write a book
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change the world
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read every book I own
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teach abroad
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take up graduate studies in a foreign university
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publish something in a respectable journal, magazine, or edited website
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Live in Spain
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travel to every continent
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Research my family tree
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learn to dance and not be embarrased to dance
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clean out my car
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start reading again
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use 43 Things to record my progress towards my goals
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Get a tattoo
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be a great cook
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start swimming again
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Eat more slowly
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work at least 15 minutes every day on 4 things that I need to get done
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learn arabic
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Go to Mexico
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stop throwing clothes on the floor
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pay off my student loans
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Well, circumstances kept me in the country, so I’m back in grad school working on my masters in History now instead.
What with the recent death of my Grandmother I would expect to be feeling particularly dour, but it seems that this funeral has shown me a lot about life, and what family is all about, and I recently noticed that I haven’t been feeling all that depressed at all.
I’m glad.
It’s getting to the point that you cannot survive without a degree in the United States, so be sure to get one so that you can compete.