... last few days

[Zippeyrude]

I'm near the end of a dissertation and it is killing me.

I started it 3 years ago, and I changed my job just over two years ago.

The job has been interesting but the long hours have taken their toll: up at 5am, out the house at 5.20am (to miss M25 rush hour traffic), then get home anywhere between 8 and 9.30pm. After two years of the bastard commute and long hours I am exhausted.

I started the masters as an exit strategy to get out of my old job and find a new one, as luck would have it I landed a new job a year in to the studies and was not going to throw it away (also because it is a longer term personal development investment).

So, fast forward a couple of years to today... I have a few days left to finish my dissertation, get it printed, bound and posted, etc. I've taken some annual leave and I'm pulling all nighters like I did years ago as a student, enjoying the peace and quiet where I can get my head in the zone.

Can't wait to finish it, a few more days of hardcore dedication then some relief... and then a couple of weeks after that I start a new job!

Anyone else having a mildly stressful time, on the verge of seeing some light at the end of the tunnel?

[MHP]

My sister did the same thing. She was in a job that she wasn't happy with, so started a degree course. A year later she got a new job that she was very happy with but persevered with the degree. She went though some tough times getting her dissertation done but passed with a 2.1. The degree has allowed her to jump up the ladder and she's now on double the salary she was on a year ago. If you put the time and effort in and pass then a degree opens doors. Good luck.

[I Black Belt]

I've spent the last 18 months stringing together some really complicated projects. Bids to DFT, CPO processes early meetings, late meetings, weekend working and finally it's all coming together..
I start an 8 million build in a months time, after that it's a 29 million build and then a 50 million one.
Can't wait to get my hard hat on and wander round looking important and clever lol.