I guess it is about time I blogged about finishing my degree. Just in case you hadn’t guessed, it feels frickin’ amazing. It is probably up there as one of my greatest achievements. Quitting drugs was probably a bit harder than getting a degree so maybe that is my biggest achievement but getting a degree, humility aside, I am pretty proud of myself. The delaying gratification factor of study is the hardest bit. I mean watching a movie, hanging out with friends, lying in the sun and other fun stuff is always more desirable than studying. Even exercise can be more appealing than study. Although that all said I am glad for the stuff I have learnt and I really feel like I make more sense now than I used to. My last assignment was on Hebrew palaeography. It was fascinating. A couple of years ago I didn’t even know what Hebrew palaeography was, let alone be excited about it. Someone called me a closet nerd when I told them I was excited about researching the development of Ancient Hebrew Scripts.

So here I stand now, closet nerd with nothing to study for atleast another 6 months. I am not exactly sure what I am going to do with my life. I won’t have much money. The government is going to stop paying me to study. It would be great to pick up more hours at the Big Issue but I think they have enough office staff during the week. It might be back to waiting tables. Arts degrees are interesting but they don’t get you much in the way of work. I was thinking about doing some tutoring but it might be hard to balance that with Urban Seed. The good thing about study was you could work late into the evening. Yes the moral of this story is I will need the diploma of education. Unless of course I can find a job in  Hebrew palaeography (I have a new dream). Maybe in Israel but not here and it is probably best not to rely on something so obscure.