Holiday Break

 I'm back in the blogging world! 

I just finished my first semester of graduate school, and while I came into this telling myself that I would never regret this decision I made to work towards my School Psychology EdS, oh man, do I feel all kinds of emotion and doubt. The last few weeks of the semester, honestly, were dreadful. I would wake up in my hospital-styled twin bed (which my mom used for her hip replacement) in the closet of an apartment room that I rent out, make coffee, and grind until it was dark out. I barely showered, barely spoke to anyone, and naturally, my wellness quickly deteriorated. A lot of what I wrote felt like pure "content" not much different than what a bot could generate, and frankly, I felt just as dispassionate about it as a bot as well. 

I like to believe my four years of mulling post my bachelors degree helped me lean into the right direction, but frankly, there will never be a "right;" on top of that, I accept that I am ever evolving. One of my reasons for going into this was to make a past me proud, especially after looking at my high school graduation project during the pandemic where I said I was going to do this. But it's fair to say I've really expanded since then too. So it will be a journey of all kinds of twists here most likely, which is completely fine. 

One issue this semester, due to having to produce content in vast quantities and lightning speed, I've completely lost sight of any creativity, sadly, and so I want to come back into blogging again as a way to address that. I'm also going to work on persuading my advisor to let me take a data science class next semester... we'll see how that goes since I'm anxious and already pushed the meeting back. But yes, here I am. I hope to share some of my creative strategies for survival with others, not that I'm quite surviving yet. :) Hello, world! :D