Life after grad school

It has been a little over a month since the day I turned in my thesis and officially graduated. Since then I’ve been struggling with all the free time I have acquired as life returns to its “pre-graduate school” state.

For the first week of freedom I actually felt very anxious and somewhat depressed, as the transition from student to graduate felt abrupt. I was used to a very rigid, organized schedule that I lived by for 3 years: work, school, sleep, repeat. All of a sudden it was over and I had nothing to occupy my time and thoughts. But as the days went on I started to enjoy my newly relaxed schedule. I started reading for pleasure, spending quality time with my fiance, vacationing, and restarting a social life again. I’d also like to resurrect some prior creative outlets like painting and maybe discover some new ones that can be both fun and stress relieving.

Overall, I’m very happy I made it through the program with flying colors while working full-time but I’m even happier to have my life back.