I received my college diploma today. I have been going to school for the last year and a half basically full time. One class every 6 weeks. I decided after several years of off and then some years of off and on that I needed to finish what I started. I finished my classes on April 1 and decided to participate in the whole graduation ceremony and have a celebration. I felt a little weird about doing it but then I decided that I worked really hard to finish my degree and I deserved to celebrate.
One friend said it would be good to show my kids that it is important. I found that I was pretty emotional that day actually thinking about what I had finally accomplished. It is a big deal for me. I started right after high school trying to work on my college. I got overwhelmed, burnt out and quit. Then life happened and it took me a bit to get back to school.
I find that as I finished my school I wasn't concentrating on other goals and so there was another goal I ended up having to move back. I didn't drop this goal but I had to move it and I will go into those details in another post.
My whole thought in this is that when you reach such a monumental goal you need to take time to celebrate and enjoy the goal you reached. I am so glad I went back and finished my degree and I am even more glad that I did the graduation ceremony and party. I achieved a major goal and should take time to celebrate it.
