School is out and confusion begins

It's been so long since I've last written, but life surely hasn't been uneventful. I finished school at the beginning of June (YAY), ended up needing to find my adorable puppy a new home because my back-up plans fell through (boooo) but luckily found her a great new home, gave away most of what I owned, and moved out of my apartment and out of Florida. I helped move my sister into her new place, dotted all the i's and crossed all the t's for my Portuguese citizenship, and have visited family and friends here in Massachusetts (which took 31 hours by car to get here - long story in itself).

It's been a rather emotional month and a half, to say the least. And to top it off, I'm starting to get the "am I making the right decision" worries. You know, regarding going overseas and trying to start my life as a self-employed writer. My brain wonders if it would be smarter to stay here, find a job, and just be practical. But my heart wants to cry at that thought, and every time I look for jobs (just in case) there is not one that looks even remotely interesting.

Life after graduate school. The educated novice. A newbie in the world outside of academics; essentially equipped to deal with anything life throws at me, but not knowing what to do or where to begin. This is why I started this blog. Because no matter who you are, if you have a job lined up or not, life after school can be terrifying and confusing. Are we making the right decisions; will we succeed or will we fail. After all the time and money spent, and the long hours studying, can we really make a life for ourselves that we really love and that is meant for us.

I guess that is all for now. My brain hurts just from going over and over what I'm really doing.