Musings of an Army Brat

My previous post, written in March, left off with me having four months left in the program. Today, September 15, just a month and a half after graduating from the program and five days shy of my 30th birthday,  I am providing an overview of the last four months of the program. Mentorship and Capstone Project The last two months of mentorship was ridiculously hectic for me. I was barely getting 3 hours of sleep a night and was at my site 12-17 hours a day. Classes were continued to kick my butt and I didn't start working on my capstone project (really a graduate thesis) until nine days before it was due (I know, my time management, or lack thereof, was atrocious). However, I was able to get everything done.  Regarding mentorship and capstone, three pieces of advice:  Know when to speak up. My mentorship was understaffed in my department and I was the only full-time non-management staff, so a lot of work got pushed off on me - it wasn't hard work, but it was ...