![]() ![]() “Oh, so you quit your job and everything for…nothing?”īut I keep reminding myself this, the absolute truth: I’m going to go where God wants me to go. I am genuinely worried about not getting in to grad school for the sake of having to explain to people that I didn’t get in. What will people think of me if I don’t get in? I worked hard in school, and yeah, I mean, I’m a decently-bright bulb in the chandelier, but I’m not guaranteed a spot in graduate school. Here’s the thing: I’m not as smart as some people think I am. Flash to the present, two days before my second stab at the GRE.-Įveryone keeps telling me: “You’ve got this! You’ll kill it! You do great on the GRE. *Decides this during the holidays, studies but not as often as I wanted, has mental breakdown while math-degree-bearing-husband consoles me and tries to re-teach me how to find the area of a triangle.* *Does exactly what I predict I will do and gets disappointed because I didn’t miracle-guess correctly on all the math* I think I’ll do pretty good on the verbal, but not great on quantitative. All I need is a good score on the GRE and I got this!Īlight, first go at the GRE. ![]() Sure, I can! I have good undergraduate GPA. Georgia State only accepts 30 people into their program. Thank you, God, for giving me peace about this. Instead of trying to eloquently compose a narrative of what’s going on in my head, I’ll give you the unfiltered version: Hopefully by this fall, I’ll be enrolled in a program and on my way toward becoming a professional counselor. I’m applying to a few schools in Georgia and am looking into a few online options. So, as of right now, I’ve left my full-time job to pursue my Master’s degree in mental health counseling. The intersection of my deep gladness and the world’s hunger is counseling. Frederick Buechner once said, “The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s hunger meet.” I thought about this quote a lot during our trip, and fully realized something I really think God has been pulling me toward for a few years. “New Zealand: It’ll make you want to quit your job!” But seriously: spending 21 days away from my job opened my eyes to so much about my life. One of my friends told Christopher that I should pitch a new slogan for New Zealand Tourism. I spent the majority of my day feeling discouraged, and spent the afternoon commute being angry and stressed in GA 400 traffic. And since you are interested enough in my life to read my blog, I’ll be honest with you: I wasn’t doing what I’m meant to do or want to do. My coworkers were amazing - and arguably the best part of my job - and I’ll miss my paycheck, but this was an easy decision to make. ![]() The year 2015 is going to be interesting.įor starters, I decided to leave my job at the North American Mission Board. There were plenty of bumps and glitches, but for the most part, I really can’t think of a continuous year I’ve enjoyed as much as I enjoyed 2014. In a way, 2014 was framed quite nicely for me: I was immersing myself into a new job during the beginning of the year, and ending the year with the trip of a lifetime we’d planned for so long. I totally get the clean slate approach to beginning a new adventure on the first day of a new year. I like knowing what I’m doing and when I’m doing it. In terms of thriving in a schedule, I’m much like an infant. I want to get started NOW! I want everything RIGHT NOW! That’s not because I’m this noble, aggressive-passionate-go-getter (though I try to be) it’s because I’m impatient. I honestly, and I mean this, try to get started on resolutions as soon as I decide to tackle them - not waiting until January 1. However, I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not one who usually make a list of resolutions. I don’t mind waiting a few minutes for an elliptical if it means someone is making a life change and is feeling renewed and inspired. I’ve never appreciated snarky people who say things like “ugh, I can’t wait for all the New Years Resolutioners to quit hogging all the treadmills at the gym.” I love celebrating New Years Resolutions.
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