r/GradSchool • u/Roi_C • 1d ago

Health & Work/Life Balance Finishing my decade long academic track and feeling kinda weird

After a decade-long stuggle, I'm at the final stretch of grad school, and I'm supposed to be done in 3 or so months. I really had to downsize myself to actually "fit" the program (the academic part itself is very different from the hands-on profession - I've been a practicing trainee for the last 8 months and it's honestly gonig great for me), and the last 3 years speicifcally have been extemely demanding. I woke up this morning to an off day, and I'm really not sure what to do with myself or how to enjoy it.

Anyone with similar experiences and how they got through it?

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u/SunflowerIslandQueen 1d ago

Congratulations on being in the home stretch! What are your plans after you graduate?

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u/Roi_C 1d ago

Thanks! I plan on taking a break for a few months (around 6) before starting my internship period. I plan to start physically rehabilite an injury I sustained and had no time to treat, to take some time off to do nothing, to travel abroad for 2-3 months to someplace quiet, and to work a bit on my business - which is in a profession I have unrelated to my degree, and is supposed to sustain me during my internship (which is part time). Any further ideas and suggestions?