It may be cliche, but I view my life through chapters. I feel like an objective reader, an outsider looking in on my own life. Sometimes I feel pride and accomplishment. Mostly, I feel nervous. I feel anxiety, fear, and excitement when a chapter is near its close. Endings and beginnings terrify me.
Now you know I am often a neurotic mess.
Today, a chapter closed. I could not help but be subjective. The GRE is the reason why some never apply to grad school. It is onerous (a word I never knew until I studied for the test!). In some strange way it marks the beginning of but has nothing at all to do with my career.
I stressed out over this test so much my back muscles pulled a vertebrae out of place.
Still, I learned more from this experience than I though I ever could. What began as a journey to completion became an intellectual walkabout.
Anthony Sadler 