Semester from Hell

It's been a long time since I have written. Much longer than I would have liked, but as it turns out the 3rd semester of the Masters program happens to be the most challenging. I clearly underestimated this as I was way too focused on the fact that I get to pick classes I am interested in and didn't factor in the amount of reading and project management skills that would come into play. Four different classes in the first three days of every week means my weekends are spent reading and any free time before or after class during the week goes to project meetings. Not to mention 15-20 hours of work on top of that. All I can say is working in one group on 3-4 different projects, as was the case last year, is much easier than 4 different groups and 4 totally different project topics.

Since the classes are not related to each other whatsoever, there is no method to the madness which means deadlines can be closely related which forces you to plan ahead and get creative. The reason I am able to write now is because I have one project (of 4) done so far and this week we get a break from classes. It's called "efterårsferie" or Fall break. The one thing that keeps me going, or makes me feel better anyway, is the fact that I am not alone. Everyone I talk to is just as overwhelmed and has either dropped a class to better manage their schedule, or are powering through and accepting their life will be insane for the foreseeable future.

Crazy or not, I have chosen the latter. And intend to take a week off to go back to the States for the Thanksgiving holiday in the midst of it all as well. The good news, or silver lining in all of this is I should be done by Christmas. The bad news, is I won't have much of a balanced life until December 15th. A small price to pay for the end goal which is a Masters degree from Copenhagen Business School which will give me the chance to do some cool new things with my career.