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Normally right now I'd be really really stressed, but I'm having fun in my house alone blasting music and being ridiculous. I have so much work to do (as I'm sure everyone else does), but the nice weather makes me want to procrastinate and do foolish things.
I've spent every night for the past two weeks in the planning studio, finishing a 1:500 scale model. Now that it's done I'm so proud of it. I'll post pictures once they're up, it's super cool! You guys can see a bit of what I do, though admittedly, we only have 2 mandatory design courses and the majority of my program consists of stats, policy, history, and science. Kind of boring to post that on here, eh? lol
I'm beginning to get stoked on being a planner, which is weird. I gave up hope this year and started to hate it (stats, GIS, and ecology labs are a potent mix) but now that I'm in more practical courses and have a co-op job I feel a lot more integrated in the program. I've also made a lot of friends in my program, who've gone through similar doubts and are now coming to the same conclusions. I'm still intimidated by the prospect of a "real" job this summer, but for that kind of money I'm willing to suck up the early hours and buy myself some dress up, adult clothes. :)
I really love this school, and this town. Waterloo is in my bones now, and I feel completely comfortable and in place when I'm here. I feel like it's my town, not in the same way Newmarket is, but in a I-chose-this-place-as-my-new-home way. I'm going to have to leave Petcetera (which re-opened here), which is beginning to get a little depressing, but I'm hoping I'll stay in touch with my work buddies. I have with the PC folk from home, so why not here?
I've been really full of self-doubt lately, and it feels really good to feel like I've chosen the right path for myself, and that things are going well, even if the immediate may suck. I haven't slept well in weeks, and I've been stressed - and will be stressed - for the next foreseeable while. But I'm starting to completely believe that it's worth it, which is really making all the difference.
So to everyone who's stressing out, and feeling frustrated and wishing they had just left to go tree planting in BC (a common wish of mine): hang in there! Things always work themselves out in the end, and the harder it is right now, the better the reward will be once you get to the end.
I've spent every night for the past two weeks in the planning studio, finishing a 1:500 scale model. Now that it's done I'm so proud of it. I'll post pictures once they're up, it's super cool! You guys can see a bit of what I do, though admittedly, we only have 2 mandatory design courses and the majority of my program consists of stats, policy, history, and science. Kind of boring to post that on here, eh? lol
I'm beginning to get stoked on being a planner, which is weird. I gave up hope this year and started to hate it (stats, GIS, and ecology labs are a potent mix) but now that I'm in more practical courses and have a co-op job I feel a lot more integrated in the program. I've also made a lot of friends in my program, who've gone through similar doubts and are now coming to the same conclusions. I'm still intimidated by the prospect of a "real" job this summer, but for that kind of money I'm willing to suck up the early hours and buy myself some dress up, adult clothes. :)
I really love this school, and this town. Waterloo is in my bones now, and I feel completely comfortable and in place when I'm here. I feel like it's my town, not in the same way Newmarket is, but in a I-chose-this-place-as-my-new-home way. I'm going to have to leave Petcetera (which re-opened here), which is beginning to get a little depressing, but I'm hoping I'll stay in touch with my work buddies. I have with the PC folk from home, so why not here?
I've been really full of self-doubt lately, and it feels really good to feel like I've chosen the right path for myself, and that things are going well, even if the immediate may suck. I haven't slept well in weeks, and I've been stressed - and will be stressed - for the next foreseeable while. But I'm starting to completely believe that it's worth it, which is really making all the difference.
So to everyone who's stressing out, and feeling frustrated and wishing they had just left to go tree planting in BC (a common wish of mine): hang in there! Things always work themselves out in the end, and the harder it is right now, the better the reward will be once you get to the end.