I believe I'll start that with goals for break (in no particular order):
- Read for fun
- I brought Everything is Illuminated and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer with me from JMU. I think I'll get through those two and see where that takes me. Overall, I miss reading for fun. I want to expand my knowledge on things other than educational stuff. I want to read like I used to!
- Figure out my issues
- Yes, I know this sounds absolutely ridiculous, but it makes sense to me. Sort of. Basically, I have things constantly clouding my thoughts and making it hard to move forward with parts of my life. I need to do some deeper thinking and reflection on those things. I think home may be a good place to do it since I won't be distracted by friends and things as much as I would at school. It is going to be a tough road, but a good one to start travelling down though...I think.
- Start writing again
- I used to write a lot. I mean, you can go through my past entries and see that I would write poems and things. I'm not a poet by any stretch of the word, but it was my outlet. I haven't done it in forever. I miss it! This writing thing includes blogging too. I want to keep things updated for my own sake. I know there are only a few people who actually read this, but I believe writing things out helps me process. And processing is good.
- Have a long overdue conversation with my parents
- This one is going to be hard. Very hard. But it needs to be done. Why not now while I'm here and have a captive audience? I'll need strength to do it. Hopefully it's here.
- Work on school work
- I know I'm on a break, but I have a Hell of a lot of work to do. I want to finish my practicum paper (that was sort of, kind of due in August...). I want to get a big chunk of my Portfolio taken care of. Again, there are very few distractions here, so I think I will be good. :)
- Renew my driver's license
- Simple.
- See how much weight I lose over break
- I have a feeling it is going to be a significant amount. I just don't feel like eating right now (though, I still do it anyway...).
- Have a few good cries
- May sound kind of off or depressing, but good cries help me rid myself of the shit I have stored up in me. They also help me emote in a more physical, healthy way. So, having a few good cries this break would be great! Only in private, though.
- Make it through the holidays
- I don't prefer this time of year. I just want to make it through in one piece.
- Hear back from Tennessee
- Kind of out of my control, but I'd like to hear something of some sort. I would love some idea of direction for my life.
- Decide what kind of jobs I want if PhD isn't happening
- Ha! Don't see this happening, but it needs to. I don't have the highest of hopes for getting into the program at Tennessee, so the job thing is going to be a necessity. And I don't want to get stuck somewhere like Virginia Tech or Radford.
I think that does it.
Not too much, right?
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