I Finished My First Quarter of Classes After Returning to College as a Non-traditional Student

The last month before the quarter ended, the work became a bit busier, and I neglected this blog to focus on all coursework that seemed to have an endless supply of nightly due dates.

I am happy to announce I passed all three classes with A’s: Philosophy with a 93%, Psychology with a 97%, and Statistics with 103%. I have exactly this weekend and one week until summer classes start.

I’ll then be venturing into the world of human biology with lab and Nutrition 101. Again, all online classes. I have always done better at my own pace and schedule. (Although I do wonder how the online lab aspect of human biology is going to work out? Part of me wishes I could take it in person (never taken a lab class before), which I did have the choice, but with my anxiety, hard time focusing in a classroom setting out of boredom, plus trying to balance other aspects of life, I went with online once again.)

Nevertheless, it feels good to be back here writing. I was a bit torn on what to do and if I should continue, given that Google has the tendency to index, deindex, and reindex articles. I was feeling a bit conflicted if this was even worth such effort, given other areas of my life require such effort but at least results are going to be felt down the road.

With blogging, not so much; it all depends on Google, and that makes it hard enough. But as I write this, I quite frankly enjoy writing into the void, documenting my present experiences, even if no one reads this, or suddenly thousands of people begin to discover this site.

Either way, as I sit here on my first Saturday afternoon after finishing finals, I found myself writing on here after journaling for the first time in a while. It’s the first day I have had in months where I feel at peace and in control of myself.

I can reset the foundation and build better concrete habits that won’t get broken up with school now being a part of my existence until further notice, such as working out, eating right, finding time for oneself, and other activities that move life toward the direction I am going in.

The goal for this next week is to add tons of new content to this blog. And by tons, I might be exaggerating because I don’t know how much will get done, but I plan to add some new pieces.

I also want to rebuild the habit of reading and finishing finance books that will set the tone for me as an investor as I continue to build the investment fund from the ground up.

One of the biggest takeaways from this quarter was that school is something that I do, not my entire life. It’s important for me to remember this as I move forward with life so it doesn’t overconsume other areas that are just as deeply important to me as school is.

At the sacrifice of A’s was my health, fitness, reading, investments, etc. It had consumed all, and I was left feeling out of sorts with a happier transcript staring at me because of it, but ruins of all else.

I have made up my mind moving forward that B’s will do just fine if getting an A means sacrificing other areas of my life. I am in school to learn and build new concepts; that is the main purpose.

Anyways, this post turned out quite longer than I expected, and I have other obligations to see to, so until next time, take care and apologies for the lack of headings; I wanted my hands to flow and just type.