I’ve decided to stick around school for yet another semester and work toward my BFA degree. It was a really hard decision that all came down to several things:
01. I don’t feel ready yet (will I ever feel ready?) to jump into that real thing called the “real world.” I’m always looking for more experience and I think another semester will do me good. I will feel regretful if I don’t at least try.
II. I missed the graduation application deadline. By a month. Whoops. And I took it as a sign that I’m supposed to stick around.
More school can never hurt and I know I can have a successful semester. It’s at my fingertips, and I’m working this semester to make everything align for the future — scholarships, ideas, confidence. I even have a summer internship at my fingertips…something I thought I wouldn’t be able to say this early in the year!
It’s going to be hard. I don’t want to be here right now, especially after I’ve tasted other places. But I know I’ll get back there as soon as I’m done, sooner or later, I’ll return to where I’ve been…and it will be worth the wait! Good things come to those who wait.
I recall a quote by John Burroughs that I know I’ve posted before, and will repost. It reminds me that there is happiness and opportunities everywhere, if you only find the optimism within your surroundings:
“The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are. Do not despise your own place and hour. Every place is under the stars, every place is the center of the world.”
Now I’m gathering up patience to sit still and, with hope, succeed. That’s something to feel really good about.
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