After a hiatus last term of transferring schools, moving to a new apartment, adopting a dog, and generally shaking life up down and sideways, I am back with more fabulous wellness info. My new graduate program is full of amazing things to hear about; I am completely blown away by it and super grateful to get to be here.
There is something to be said for taking an inventory of what makes you happy, and looking closely at your life to see where what you are doing and what you believe do not match up. Time is either a limited commodity or, all we have: as in, all we have is time and we decide what to do with it. For example, I was in a grad program with a focus that didn’t match closely with my long-term goals. I could have kept my head down and powered through (per Arrested Development) and kept with the research-based MS degree. Or, I could look up, look around critically, and evaluate my options (which I did and which led me to this MPH/RD program).
But the point is, it is so easy to stick with the status quo. There is an innate human instinct to do so, I think, to play it safe. But sometimes, even when you don’t think you have the courage it would take, you have to leap and trust that the net will appear.
“When you come to the edge of all the light you have, and must take a step into the darkness of the unknown, believe that one of two things will happen. Either there will be something solid for you to stand on or you will be taught how to fly. ”
Patrick Overton - Author, Poet, Teacher
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