Never Gonna Lose

Random Musings

This time last year, I was limping to the finish line in my first term of grad school. I was so excited to get into school that I bit off more than I could chew and burned myself out. I collapsed when I submitted my last paper, as I had stopped sleeping and was subsisting off of coffee and Popeyes for the better part of a month. It was an accomplishment, but it broke me down. I took the next day off from work just to breathe. My brain was frayed, all my friendships and relationships were either neglected or abandoned in order to finish strong. When I came back to work, I was written up for, basically sucking at my job the previous 3 weeks, but I didn’t care. I was just relieved to have finished the term.

I’m happy to say things are much better now. I got laid off in June because of COVID, but I’ve been able to make it freelancing and have found a copywriting job that, while not lucrative, has provided me a wealth of experience. School has been going extremely well and this time next year, I will have my Masters in English with a concentration in Creative Writing. Things can change dramatically 365 days later (no one needs that reminder after the shit show that as 2020). Take time to look back on your journey and be thankful for it, good, bad, and ugly.