How I Wasted Two Years of Life
Hi guys.
I owe all of you a huge apology for disappearing for two years. If I have any followers and friends left, I hope you’ll hear me out.
If you’ve been a follower of mine since 2014, you’ll know that I tried my hand at law school and that’s why I’ve basically disappeared - Tumblr abandoned, fics discontinued, the whole shebang. Well, as you can probably tell, law school didn’t exactly work out for me.
Basically, two really shitty things happened. The first is that my last semester in school, my grades in three of my classes dipped really low right around finals time. Also around that week, my mother told me that our family’s finances weren’t doing so good, and that she was worried about paying my tuition especially when my sister hasn’t graduated college yet and my brother’s still in high school.
As you can probably guess, I didn’t enroll for my second semester in law school.
It hurts, not being in school when all my friends are. Seeing posts of them on Facebook talking about class and whatnot is a daily reminder of what I’ve lost. Not to mention that not enrolling means I’ve wasted 3 semesters of law school, almost two years of my life. But I’m learning to deal.
I’m currently working again, so that’ll ease the burden on my mom a bit. As you can also probably tell, I’m reviving my life as a writer online, so stay tuned for that. I’m also entertaining the thought of doing more volunteer work, since I also slacked on that when I was in law school.
I’ve also given serious thought to not continuing with law school even if my mom’s financial situation does improve. I went into law school with notions of helping people, not corporations - and I’m sure there are lawyers out there who do that - but it’s become very hard for me to stick to that path. Everyone’s frame of mind seems to be, “How do I advance my career? How do I pad my resume? How do I get hired by the biggest, richest firm?” And that’s not a bad thing, mind. I’m not condemning anyone here. But the thing is, that isn’t what I signed up for.
Anyway, I’m toying with the idea of getting a master’s degree in something like development studies or something similarly grassroots-y (I’m sorry, I can’t think of an appropriate word), which will allow me to take the career path I want, not to mention keep my job so my mom won’t have to pay my bills and she can focus on supporting my brother and sister.
So basically, that’s the gist of what happened to me. So I’m back on Tumblr, ready to write fic and original stories and fangirl over Superwholock, and just basically heal.
Not gonna lie, I’d appreciate some help. My ask box is open.
xxx
