A time to learn and a time to...

Today, my 15 months and 2 weeks stint as a master’s student ended.  Convocation isn’t until June of next year, but for all intent and purpose, I have completed all of the requisites for graduation.  It hasn’t quite sunk in that I’m no longer a student. Have I really crossed the finish line of this marathon?  Now it’s back to setting my own goals, objectives and timelines.  How terribly exciting and frightening is that? 

But before I get a riled up and nutty about the trajectory of my life (which is very very common for someone who dreads developmental stagnancy like the plague); and before I start drafting up my next 5 year plan, I think I should just take it easy.  Just be normal and mellow out, especially since its Christmas.  And nothing mellows me out more than making a list about things that I’m going to do to mellow out.   Here it is.

- Make gingerbread cookies

-  Try out some new recipes with the Epicure spices that I just got  (one’s apparently Moroccan cuisine inspired and the other Singaporean)

- Knit something – a striped scarf, maybe slippers

-  Read a novel or two, ohhh... maybe even a chicklit – I’m taking suggestions

Ok, that should be a good start. I’m feeling relaxed already :)

BTW - what do you guys do to relax?