Categories: scming
Tags: ponderings, friends
Date: 21 July 2006 00:52:09
I realised today that I should have graduated this month. If I had completed my degree I would have graduated on July 4 with a BSc. When I mentioned this to a friend earlier, he said something along the lines of 'so that part of your life is over' and I replied that it was three years ago. In the last three years I have lived in 5 different places in three different parts of the country. I spent 6 months in a convent and discovered blogging. I developed some of the best and strongest friendships I have. I have held down 4 paid jobs and two voluntary ones, been on different styles of retreats which I had not done before. I've been a member of three churches - sort of and even started Local Preacher training. I started a job that terrified me and is one of the best jobs in the world. :D I've traveled round more of the UK than I could possibly imagine and even been to abroad! I've put myself together and even worked out what might be worth exploring in the future. I also discovered that planning the rest of your life away is an interesting game when you don't know what's around the corner.
I've proven to myself that I can live on my own, survive and even enjoy it. I have also proven to myself I can live with a fantastic collection of older women, live by rules, survive and even enjoy that.
This time three years ago, I made the decision not to return to university to complete my degree. Considering what I've done in the mean time I certainly think I made the right decision - no doubt about that. Even so there was a little twinge when I realised that I could have been Never Conforming BSc this month. The thing is, ask me to make the decisions again - the ones that led me both to and from uni, even with the intervening steps - and I'd do it again. No hesitation. Hopefully I won't be asked again. Been there, done that, didn't buy the t-shirt but still have the memories.