I have completed my last week of “class” for this semester and for this degree. This past week has been one of the most exciting and terrifying. All that’s left now is a presentation and a final exam and then fret until my grades are released. If all goes well, I will walk a stage in early December and probably feel so free for a moment that I’ll feel empty. And then I’ll fill up with the anxiety of what I need to do afterwards but also the giddiness of “I’ve done it!”

Organising my thoughts have been difficult recently, and so trying to pull together the final drafts for my assignments and refining them has been a journey. But it’s now starting to dawn on me that it’s really coming to an end, that I’ve made it this far. I’ve done it (well almost but more-or-less).

I think the fact that one of my units is built around reflective practice has really made me take a look at where I was about five years ago. I’ve changed so much and discovered a lot more about myself than I thought there was to. There are many things I have or can do as I am now that I wouldn’t have considered a possibility back then. And, without the intention to be conceited or arrogant, I’m quite impressed with myself.

Now, all that will be left to do after my final exam is to prepare for 2021.