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Some of you would already know this, so it won’t come as such a shock to you guys. But for the uninformed, this might come as a tad of a shocker to you, but here goes:

This girl is reconsidering her decision to go to grad school.

(Read: This girl might not go after all.)

To be honest, its been something that she’s thought about for a long time already. Questioning her decision to go as been happening not just in her tiny brain, but she has been asked by several close friends if it is really necessary for her to go. One such person is Staircase Master who questioned the real necessity for grad school outside of her to have her masters just to fulfill some UN work pay scale criteria since she already more than qualified for the job in question when one looks at job scope alone. He made mention that she might be better off taking the next two years and simply working to get more policy ground experience if she’s able to consider not working for the UN.

As it turns out, he’s not far from the truth. This girl has come to the realization that she cannot really work for anyone else other than herself. Sure, she does bit projects for The Father and stuff, but she mainly keeps her easy-going flexi-time lifestyle which she loves dearly. Sure, she has loads of projects from personal referrals- most clients don’t know she’s not with The Company anymore- but she still gets to keep her mild-travelust, moderate-corporate woman lifestyle which she is finding it hard to pass up.

And so, if this girl is not going to work for the UN- which would most likely see her working under some two bit dumbass that she’d hate and disrespect greatly- it begs the question of why she’s even headed off to grad school in the first place. Becoming a corporate animal at the UN? She might positively not survive the experience. Some friends have wagered she won’t last past half a year. Green Bra gives her two months. The mother gives her two weeks. The odds don’t seem to be in this girl’s favour.

In addition, her plate recently has been finding itself rather full from bit projects that have stacked up back to back. She’s finding herself oddly busier and busier. This is in spite of her putting off more and more projects. How that all adds up, she’s not sure; but she’s duly time entertained. And, of course, she has more stuff up her sleeves in terms of the things and new things she’d like to do: Like bringing in a new program to town for the fun of it.

So, should she still go?