Well, really not a lot of news to post, but I have made one important decision....so here you go...
I have officially decided that I am not going to go through The Placement Exchange at NASPA. Whew. It feels good to say that. And to delete that registration reminder from my inbox.
I think TPE is an excellent opportunity, and part of me still really questions whether or not this is the best decision. I am in a place where my parents are still willing to help me financially, so I'm fortunate to not have to consider money in this situation....though paying out of pocket would have made the decision easier since I am BROKE. Anyway, so my decision not to go....I just don't think it will be the best venue for me. While I can be outgoing and powerful in public and all of those things, it's not who I truly am. I'm an introvert in the truest sense (isn't it funny I ended up in SA?), and I know that TPE would do two things that make me unhappy. 1) I would be EXHAUSTED from being my "outgoing" self and wouldn't gain anything from the actual conference and 2) I don't think I could really gauge my fit with an institution if I am not even able to be my "true" self in the process, if that makes sense? So, overall I think this is the best decision for me, but it's a hard decision to make.
Institutional fit is really important to me in this whole process. I know most people say that...or at least they should...but I feel it's one of my top priorities. I would rather take a job in an area I'm not super sure about if I feel positive that the institution is a good fit. I have seen a lot of bad things happen to amazing people because of the institutional or office culture in which they have found themselves, and it's so upsetting to watch. I know that if I were in that situation I would burn out very quickly, so I have to kind of protect myself in this process.
I'm going to keep this one short though, because I really need to spend some more quality time with my comps review binder. FRIDAY at NOON cannot get here soon enough - no joke. Honestly I'm not even that concerned about the exam - I'm pretty confident in my knowledge and in the experiences I have had to integrate my learning (oh, look at my SA language coming out) - I'm mostly just ready to be done so that I can once again hit the job search trail hard. I have a growing Google Doc of positions to apply for, but I feel like I should spend all of my time studying right now. So.....Perry and Kohlberg and Baxter-Magolda, oh my!
Catch you on the flip side...and by flip side I mean whatever LAC (life after comps) is like ;)
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