August 15, 2007
On Graduation
With all the hype that I myself piled on my impending graduation, and all that I had to say about it in the months leading up to it, now that it’s passed, I’m at a loss for words.
“How does it feel to be a graduate?” they ask me. “Uhh…” “Umm….” or “Well…” are my usual responses. It doesn’t really feel all that different at all. It’s a nice relief to have it done and behind me, but since I was only taking one Summer class leading up to graduation, it’s really not all that different right now. Come mid-September, that will probably change.
In the meantime, though, I’m just kind of living life the same as I have been for some time now. It is nice to not have another semester looming over my head. Though the future is getting foggier and hazier. My main goal for so long has been to finally finish school, so now that school’s over, my goals and plans are becoming more insubstantial and indefinable. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, mind you. It just means that I’ll need to be more intentional in my day-to-day efforts in being productive and moving forward with life.
It’s easy to just keep signing up for classes, working through a previously structured degree program. It’s not so easy afterwards to really work towards a higher goal. Or, as in my case, to figure out what that higher goal actually is. Oh well. I’ve got time to figure it out, I guess. I just don’t want to stay in this state of limbo for very long. It’s kind of disconcerting.
I feel kind of like how Inigo Montoya must have felt after he killed Count Rugen in the Princess Bride.
Maybe I should consider piracy.
Piracy is our only option.
Yaaaaay! The closing of one chapter, the opening of a new one.
I’m excited for you!