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buffshelI've been a bit quiet on here lately since I've been working on developing my website on neocities. But even that has taken a backseat to life stuff. I recently applied to graduate school to get my master's degree in library science. I've been accepted to the online program at my selected institution, and just found out today that I've been selected for an archival-based scholarship which will cover 50% of my tuition for the duration of the degree and put me in touch with professors who will (hopefully) connect me with more opportunities to engage in what really interests me: film preservation and archivism. Internships at related institutions are part of the deal, and I'm crossing my fingers that this venture will land me closer to landing a job that I love.
I've been a bundle of nerves about the whole thing (and still am) but I also couldn't be happier about this development. My parents and grandmother were going to pay for my degree in full, but this scholarship will allow me to pay half of my own way on my own ambition, merit, hard work. Whatever you'd like to call it. The last thing I wanted to do was have my family pay for all of it. And they'd do it, too. I'm grateful for that, of course. But I don't like being perceived as someone that never worked her ass off for anything.
I'm going to get my degree.
I haven't felt this calm or sure of anything in a while; I'm writing this entry so I can sit in this feeling of stability while it lasts.
I've been a bundle of nerves about the whole thing (and still am) but I also couldn't be happier about this development. My parents and grandmother were going to pay for my degree in full, but this scholarship will allow me to pay half of my own way on my own ambition, merit, hard work. Whatever you'd like to call it. The last thing I wanted to do was have my family pay for all of it. And they'd do it, too. I'm grateful for that, of course. But I don't like being perceived as someone that never worked her ass off for anything.
I'm going to get my degree.
I haven't felt this calm or sure of anything in a while; I'm writing this entry so I can sit in this feeling of stability while it lasts.
