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Corey Miller's avatar

Thanks for the camaraderie. At 55+ the opportunities still seem a bit overwhelming to me. I hope you can soak in the gift of the present knowing a life is lived daily. Good luck in grad school!

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big doug's avatar

Thanks for writing and sharing. I have a question: does applying to Grad School -feel- like active participation (initiating forward momentum?) or does it feel letting the momentum that’s out there take you? Or does my question feel besides the point?

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James Stinnett's avatar

I think it feels more like hooking into forward momentum that exists *out there* - like the river I'm in was approaching a dam and I needed to hop into another one to keep some sort of forward progress going in the broad direction I'm aiming at.

I'm a little skeptical that any of us can fully spin up our own momentum (that lasts) without something else to hook into (friends, family, grad school, god etc etc).

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Christina Read's avatar

james! writing! for the people! finally

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