Semester one, done!

I have officially completed my first semester of my PhD program and I am so ready to enjoy the break. A year ago, I was submitting all of my graduate applications and now I am halfway done with my first year of my program. Kind of crazy how fast time flies. The winter break is always a great time to reflect on how much I have overcome and appreciate how far I have made it. When I started my undergrad, I never considered a PhD program (to be honest, I don’t think I even knew what it was). At the time, I wanted to become a psychologist and have my own clinic as a therapist while teaching. I have always been ambitious, that’s very clear now.

Now, I’m not sure what I want. I like the idea of teaching and having my own lab. I also like the idea of an industry job and stepping away from academia for a bit (although academia is all I know so this would be very new territory). I am still very early in my career to have anything set in stone but it’s nice to daydream about what my day-to-day can look like 5 years from now!

In the meantime, I will be enjoying some family time and will create a vision board for 2025. I am hoping for some more traveling and meeting wonderful new people this new year.