Life Update: I Finished my MBA!

I did it! In my “I’m going to grad school” I post, I wrote “I want to have done it” - and the satisfaction of being done is just as good as I envisioned.

I hustled to double up on classes for one session earlier this year so I could graduate in December of this year instead of May of 2025. It was so worth a few extra weeks of stress to have the mental space back.

I’m proudest of the fact that I carved out time, kept my commitment, and found ways to succeed while challenging myself. I read two of my program textbooks cover to cover. I realized where my strengths and weaknesses lie but I didn’t fall over myself on the content that I didn’t pick up immediately. Or at all, really - I hope to never do anything accounting related ever again.

I also along the way got a new job. The division at the bank was wound down so while I had planned to move on from that job after the MBA for better opportunity, I had to expedite that and balance a job hunt at the same time. I started my new job in September, going back to content marketing for b2b Saas, and it’s like I’m back at home - but this time I feel less in the dark about all things business. 

After a year and a half of both work and school and a side hustle and job hunting and starting a new job, it’s now time to recharge by playing some much deserved computer games with my new graphics card I got for Christmas. 

I hope to use my newfound free time this year to read more than 2024 (which was still a record breaking reading year, somehow?). I also want to not neglect this blog. 

But after a little time chilling, I know I’ll be back to exploring how else I can grow personally and professionally. I would love to be an adjunct online remote professor like the ones I had - and clearly I can carve out the time to take a class, so maybe I could teach one? I also still have my dreams of running a cute secondhand bridal store, but now I actually know more about the numbers needed to make that work. Maybe a combo of the two someday when my corporate days are behind me.

Time to go crush my last book of 2024. Until next time!