It's Over

So I'm officially done school for the foreseeable future...

I'm not antsy or freaked out yet. I was way too stressed with these intense summer classes so any break is very much welcomed. After a little over five years of school I think it'll be a couple months before I start crying uncontrollably.
Towards the end of school I got some perspective on the whole thing. The fact is I enjoy going to school and I'm good at it.

Strangely, there aren't many other things in your life that you enjoy and are good at that you are eventually forced to stop doing. I guess I'm not forced, I could keep going to school for another handful of years, then do like a PhD for a few more years...but that isn't very appealing. I'd like to think at this point I've reached some level in my training where I can appply it somewhere else.

That said, here I am out in the world with one thing less that I enjoy and am skilled at. That leaves me with very few things in those categories. I need to find a new enjoyable skill asap.

Also, at a concert last night I tried my best to mingle a lot. Now I don't have school to force social interactions I've got to learn to mingle properly. I did pretty well but I couldn't, for the life of me hear any names properly and/or remember them. I also can't tell the difference between someone genuinely liking me and someone subtly mocking me through sarcastic conversation.

Maybe a PhD doesn't sound so bad after all

Cam