This week was the last week of classes and I have never been so happy in my entire life. It’s like mother nature was agreeing with how I felt because she really brought the sunshine down on Ireland. Seriously, I cannot get over it. A consecutive three whole days, not one drop of rain came down in Dublin. This was a literal symbol telling me that there is light at the end of the tunnel. I just have to keep telling myself to push through and it will be grand.
In all honesty, studying to get a masters is a whole different ballgame. The challenge that it has given me is on another level. It seriously threw me for some loops. From the group projects to individual assignments, not a single element of this degree has been easy. Some days I felt like giving up and going back to America and other days I found myself feeling so stressed with the workload that I resulted to avoiding it entirely and reverting to social media to get my mind away from the stress. Although this helped me in the short run, it was not helpful in the long run because procrastination kicked me in the butt. Thankfully, DCU offers workshops that focus on how to overcome and deal with stress so I have attended a couple of classes. I think that they have definitely helped me to calm my nerves down, which is what I need heading into the last couple of weeks of individual submissions.
Not that I’ve been counting down the days, but there is exactly a month left of my stay here in Ireland and I can’t help but think, where has the time gone?! With school, coaching and basketball things have gotten pretty busy and I feel like I haven’t fully embraced everything Ireland has to offer. Therefore, for the last month, I’m going to make it a goal to do something every week. Hopefully, with this goal, I can make the most out of my time left in this beautiful country.
