Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Entrance Essay Problems


Over the break my mom and I were looking up the requirements for different schools that I’m interested for grad school. For those curious it’s here at Arkansas, University of Louisiana Lafayette, and University of New Orleans. I’m hoping for University of Louisiana Lafayette but will be happy to just get in. One of the schools asks that I write a short essay detailing my plan of what I want to do after I receive my masters, which, again for those curious will be in public history.

Well here’s the deal, and don’t freak out Mom and Dad because I know you’re reading, I… really don’t care what I do. I don’t. Yes, I want a job and yes, I want to work but more than anything I want to have a home and a family and a husband.

Now, I realize I blog about being married a lot. I know I do. But that is what I want in my life. I will be fine working as a teacher or in a museum or something else that you can do with a history degree, but more than anything I want to be somebody’s wife. The problem is I can’t write that in a scholarly way on my admissions essay. But the truth is I want to be somebody’s wife. I’m a really passionate person and I put everything that I have into everything I do whether it’s school or work or relationships and I just feel like if I put that into being somebody’s wife it would be like the best marriage ever.

I also realize that I’m nowhere near close to being married. I’m not crazy. I know I need to be focused more on school because, obviously, that’s actually currently happening. And I am excited about grad school and finding a job, don’t get me wrong. But I also know that there is someone out there who is completely 150% perfect for me. I know that there is a perfect job out there for me, too. What I am struggling with, and learning to do better, is to just sit back and do my best to be myself and let things happen. God has a plan and I can’t take that over. So meanwhile, I’m going to focus on actually getting in to grad school and enjoying my time here in Arkansas.

So thanks for listening… well reading… some of my own self-therapy. Sometimes you just have to get things out, right?

Until next time, y’all!

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