I just need to take a moment to pause and acknowledge the fact that today was hard. For a number of reasons. First of all, I was so inspired today. I wanted to craft and plant seeds in my garden and make a delicious dinner and write and read and play my piano and guitar.
Instead, I had to spend the day on an assignment that's due tomorrow.
A 1-2 page paper.
No big deal, right? Apparently wrong. Because I have spent literally 8 hours on it. 8 hours on a 2 page paper? I have written 10 page papers in less time than that.
It just made me realize (again) that grad school is hard work. I shouldn't feel bad about the fact that it's hard. I'm glad it is. I'm learning SO MUCH and I love linguistics. I feel like I was made to study it. But today was hard.
And I made waffles for dinner. Waffles with bacon and eggs. Not that there's anything wrong with waffles. But waffles on a day where I felt so inspired to make something new and exciting sort of left me feeling unsatisfied.
But then I remembered that my satisfaction comes from Christ and not what I make for dinner, or even how much of my day was spent on writing seven paragraphs.
So now it's 10:41, and even though today was hard and I didn't get to feed my inspiration, I do get to wake up tomorrow, hop on a big, red trolley and be a graduate student. I will learn a lot and be challenged to think and ask questions. And that is exciting.
Goodnight!
-Alicia
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