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http://heibeck.freeshell.org/Grad_Advice/how2b/how.2b.html Before You Start Many headaches can be avoided by doing some advance planning. First, why go to graduate school at all? The usual reasons given are that a Ph.D. is required or preferred for some jobs, especially research and academic positions; that it gives you a chance to learn a great deal about a specific area; and that it provides an opportunity to develop ideas and perform original research. Wanting to delay your job hunt is probably not a good enough reason. Graduate school is a lot of work and requires strong motivation and focus. You have to really want to be there to make it through. It helps to have a good idea of what area you want to specialize in, and preferably a couple of particular research projects you might like to work on. Look for books and current journals and conference proceedings in your area, and read through them to get an idea of who's doing what where. (You'll be doing a *lot* o...

Loving youself is not always an easy thing to do simply because we think we are not "good enough" or we don't "deserve it".  The truth is that everyone deserves a chance of happiness and love.  I know that putting your heart out there after you are hurt is not always an easy thing (I speak from experience); because all the insecurities tend to creep up and so we close up because we dont want to take a chance that might be the start of something special.  All of this to say if an opportunity presents itself don't be afraid to take a chance because you never know what might come out of it. I'm so glad it did!! I wish everyone the best of luck!

A few months ago I was talking to a co worker who is married and has a few kids and asked if I would ever go down that road.  I laughed and told him who me; ya right my dog ties me down enough. I said to him I am never going to get married or at least anytime soon. My reason behind that was there is always something better out there, to many things to experience to much life to live; why all of a sudden would you want to tie yourself down in your twenties. Or why would you need to put it on paper, you could just live with that one person no need to get married. I use to have a backup all the time when one relationship didnt work I would have someone else or was always the social girl that partied and lived the single life and all it had to offer. But that all changed, my life changed; I met a guy last summer who is a Marine stationed in Japan. I was in a relationship as was he and we talked. One thing you have to realize when your thousands of miles away from your...