Aurora's Blog

I know the sheen is wearing off, and you might be wondering “how long is she gonna talk about grad school?” And not that much longer, I think!

[Though I think the rule should be that I get to talk about it at least until the day I get my diploma in the mail, and that has not been received yet. So, I can still do what I want!]

Of course I still have so many dreams, and I know there are many more possible degrees, and an M.A. is maybe one of the ‘least impressive’ grad degrees (as I think of it as kind of the least specific).

So, I’m not trying to be like “oooooh la la la la look at me!” – like it’s the absolute biggest deal.

But, as I always have, ever since I’ve been like 17, I’m in a constant midlife crisis, wondering what’s next.

And while there are so many things that could be next. And I’m putting some things in motion and wondering about other things, I’m so happy that one thing is done!

As you may have seen hinted at in this very blog over the years, I always flirted with the idea of going back to school. And it always just felt like so much – so much left, gonna be so old when I finish, whatever.

And I never let that in and of itself stop me, because that would’ve been a silly reason by itself.

It was always more of a location/time/money thing, and everything kind of aligned in the pandemic.

But many times I’ve seen people who’ve done things [and I guess specifically for this post, school] ‘late’ (e.g. people who went into med school in their 30s or 40s (or even one woman on Tik Tok in her 50s!), or any schooling – bachelor’s, law, whatever), in general when people who are in the same boat and scared to go back comment for advice, people are like “the time is going by anyway. Yeah, you might not be 22 when you finish. But would you rather be [32, 42, etc. – whatever age they’d be when complete] and still have it as a dream, or would you rather be that age and be done?

And while I do feel older every single year (funny how that works), and I want to do a lot more things, I’m glad these things are actually done.

Bachelor’s degree, done. Master of Arts, done. I don’t have to worry about going another year and adding more math to how old I’d be when I’m graduated, because I am graduated! It’s done!

…Now I gotta start looking into MMs, DMAs, PhDs, and/or MFAs, and heck maybe a JD, MPH, MBA, MD even – the world is my oyster! 😉