Taking a year off.

I love it when I tell people that I am taking a year off, and they're like, that's great, you will love it! I find that most of the time, these people have also taken a year off and are telling me this from experience. It was never my original plan to take a year off, but while studying and stressing for the gre's last November, I had this thought, what if I took a year off? This might not sound like that big of deal or decision, but I guess it is to me, its my future after all. So, after consulting with my other half and thinking it over, I decided that it would be the path I would take. Convincing my family that this was a good decision, however, did not go as smoothly. As soon as I told them, I felt like they were all automatically thinking and assuming, "oh this is just an excuse or cover up for she never wants to go back". I got, "she will just get some $10 an hour job and lose the chance to make the good money and succeed." I also got, "You will forget how to study and won't be able to get back into the groove of school and class" Um hello, have I not been a student for the past 17 years of my life? Do you really think I will forget how to study and be a student and forget everything I've learned? After I listened to what everyone else thought was best for me , I thought about it more and ended up standing my ground. The application deadlines came and went, and it was official that I would be taking a year off.

So far, I am very happy with this decision, but time will tell if it was the best one or not. I'm hoping I won't be jealous of all of my friends going to graduate school and moving on with their career a year before me. Someone once reminded me that I do not have the same plans as them, and that I should stick with our original plan and be confident in it. I'm hoping I can find a job that requires a bachelors degree, and that I can use mine until grad school time. I'm hoping that all of our plans follow through like their supposed to. I hope to not regret this. I hope to prove everyone wrong. I hope this was the best choice...I'm super excited to be home for a bit and who knows, in a year I might be dying to get back to school and on my own again. I can only trust that this is what God's plan is for me and trust in that.

Thanks for reading,
Kate