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Positivity bomb!

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Ok guys! We're mopey again! I don't hear any hell yeahs!

All right, so I'm pretty tired too today. But I made a decision. I crashed out of grad school in psychology because I couldn't handle it. This was five years ago.

But I've been getting SIGNS! People telling me I should write! Dreams at night that I'm in an MFA program in creative writing. Catalogues in the mail for grad school in English.

I'm not gonna take it that far...yet.

I signed up to audit Italian 101 at Radford U starting in January, though.

Baby steps.

Turn your negative into a positive...

WE ARE THE TOUGHEST PEOPLE I KNOW! GO GET YOUR DREAM!
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Hell yeah!!!
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It's baby steps...but I guess we need to be realistic to a point too? Good on you lisam.
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I'm heading back for a 2nd degree next fall. I'm going to work on my B.A. in ART. Feels nice yes indeed!
We've got a lot to look forward to :D
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Good for you. Is it expensive to audit classes? I never thought of that.
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YAAAAY! Look at all these fancy smart people! Cheers for orb!
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good on ya! always a flip side to the coin..a good tonic as well, no doubt..
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In Virginia they have the Citizen Scholar program and it doesn't cost anything, as I am adult and I already have 2 BA's. (It's cheaper than Rosetta Stone, plus I get to make new friends!)
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I think these posts demonstrate one of the main aspects of BP in that we need to reprioritize. Many of us have been snatched away from a life we once had before BP, possibly a high-paying job or vocation and feel kind of angry and cheated. Changing priorities is sometimes the key in helping cope with BP IMHO
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If I can do it-then I know YOU can finish grad school. Hell Yeah-you can!
huggers,
brenda
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junggl - yes, I am petrified to step into a classroom after the BEATING I took in grad school... before that academia DEFINED who I was...

And I can't believe it's taken me FIVE YEARS to get this courage back even in this teeny tiny form.

But you know, our LIVES are going by!!! We aren't who we were before but yes we still are.

My feeling on this is I'm tired of saying "I can't."
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