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Student Independent News

NUI Galway Student Newspaper

Life in Limbo

November 20, 2021 By Anastasia Burton

Hello everyone, how are you keeping? Now that Spooky season is over the weather is getting colder and Christmas songs are getting louder. In my religion (which I don’t really practice) our Christmas is on the 7th of January and we mainly celebrate New Year so I guess I’m not as excited as most would be. I’m writing this on the morning of my return from Edinburgh, and I have to say I had a real blast. My partner and I went for a 24hr trip and decided to explore the city. We went to a fabulous cat cafe which I was so happy about as I really wanted to visit it ever since I had been in Edinburgh four years ago. The weather wasn’t the best but it was so nice to travel once again. My partner and I even came across a small hidden antique store where I got a marble design ring from the 1930s and my partner got a few coins dating 1778 and 1916, really crazy stuff! Now that we are back, I’m trying to motivate myself to prepare for work and for my two upcoming trips which I might mention in future issues.

To those wondering why I’m not writing about assignment stress and finals, it’s because I completed them all last year. Juggling my life in 2020 was crazy and here’s why. In November I received a job offer that required me to relocate to Dublin as soon as restrictions ease. Now at that stage things were quite uncertain and I was getting a little tired of Galway so we decided to move to Dublin in January leaving all our friends and our lives in general behind. Now during that time, I had my midterm finals which were stressing me out as I was also in the middle of work training and onboarding. I feel like maybe I haven’t been the most committed or serious student as I was always looking ahead trying to make money where I can and just work, work, work.

So, I’m basically a finished but not graduated student of my course. I even received my provisional results already which was a relief. So I am stuck in a limbo where I am still technically a student but I have worked hard to stabilise my degree and leave time for working and earning for my future. Because it’s true what they say, a degree does not promise employment, so do your best to do both.

Anastasia Burton
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