[ SECRET POST #2267 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2267 ⌋

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[dethtoll]

I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND HOW YOU FEEL. After 8 years I was ready to be done -- but also after 8 years, I was excited to finally be successful in some fashion. I've never been more proud of myself than graduation day.

To help with that light at the end of the tunnel is to first see how close you are to the goal. I'm assuming you've declared your major? Find out what classes you need to finish up, and make a list out of them. Mark them off as you take and pass them. Over time that list will get shorter and shorter.

If you're not too far in to your college career, consider changing colleges, especially if you're going to a community college. I felt trapped with nowhere to go when I was in my first college, which was, of course, a little rinkydink community college called Cincinnati State. Those were some of the worst years of my life -- long rides on one of the shittiest public transit systems in America, whole days where I would be away from home for 12 hours or more, and the only thing I learned there was that I didn't want to be a history major anymore. It was a lot of wasted money because while I was supposed to be getting government aid, my caseworker did not actually like me and refused to help me in any way. Sometime around 2 and a half years of that I finally said "no, you know what, fuck this shit" and bailed. I took 3 months off and transferred to a satellite of my local university. It had the community college atmosphere and indeed WAS a community college, but its association with University of Cincinnati meant I was getting better quality education and the atmosphere was quite different as well. It was closer to home, and I was getting rides from mom. I eventually got my driver's license and that made possible the next step -- transferring to the main campus, necessitated by my final choice of degree to pursue (journalism.) I don't think I ever would've finished college if I hadn't left Cincinnati State.

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I can't imagine 8 years. Since I scaled back my hours per term, I have 3 years left, assuming I don't fail any classes and have to repeat them. I can't make that seem close no matter which way I look at it. Transferring isn't an option... it's not a great school, but it's all I've got.

[dethtoll]

Take it from me -- three years is nothing. That might sound abstract, but three years goes by pretty quick. Part of why it took me so long was I had no idea what the hell I was doing. If you outline what you need to do and check off each step, I guarantee you it won't seem so far away.

A thought exercise -- don't think of 2016 as the light at the end of the tunnel, think of it as a deadline. Make a long-term plan for yourself -- what do you want to be doing in 3 years? Still in school? Or graduated? Or flipping burgers with no chance for advancement? Nothing motivates like a hammer coming down, even if it's self-imposed.