Re: HUGE DECISION....advice needed please!(sorry to waffle)
05/07/06 02:37 PM
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cailin
Reged: 08/12/04
Posts: 3563
Loc: Dublin, Ireland
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Hi Nat,
Sorry life hasn't gotten any easier for you yet, hugs and more hugs.
I have to agree with Blondie, I think that you have already decided..anyway here's what I think.
I personally wouldn't do it, but it is a very personal thing.
The reasons that I wouldn't are:
-I would be worried about being just as stressed/exhausted etc next year, maybe even more so as having had to defer this year could really knock your confidence for next year too.
-will having a better degree defintely get you a better job/career or is it the perfectionist in you that you left behind last year when you were having fun? If not, what's the point in deferring and putting your life on hold for a year?
-I'd also worry about the "gap" in my CV and the explanation of that in interviews.
-when all your classmates graduate and get jobs or go on to do further study you might get upset and then start cutting yourself up that it should have been you and that you have made the wrong decision...
I usually survive on adrenalin and get through things like this somehow, but you really sound like you have hit rock bottom these last few weeks, so maybe for you it is the right thing to do.
Don't make any decisions on your own, Talk to the doctor, talk to your tutors, talk to a student mentor/counsellor, even someone in the Students Union (our college had a Welfare Officer there who was great) before making this big decision.
Hope this helps you, sorry if it wasn't what you wanted to hear.
Hugs and more and more hugs
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