thoughts on grad school so far

currently at around the halfway point of my first year of grad school, and i have a bit on my mind when it comes to things so far.

first and foremost, grad school is brutal!!!! 

definitely not for the weak, especially if you're interested in going for the humanities. i usually have to manage 100 or so pages of super dense academic readings per week, on top of taking 3 other classes and being a teaching assistant to 100 students. I've been grading papers for them (split between me, the professor and another TA) and it's all so much.

It's also a lot harder to be social when in grad school. I miss the undergrad days when I didn't have to worry about bills... you really have to put in double the work if you want to have friends as a grad student compared to undergrad because it is oh so easy to fall into the habits of going straight home after class and staying in on weekends.

It's just been a cycle of going to classes, meetings, and the occasional rare hangout once there's a multitude of schedule checks and double checking. Adult friendships are hard. I'm trying my best out here.

I've had this page up open for about a week with not much to add, so I'll end it here for now lol... I guess I didn't have much to say after all, or that I'm too swamped with work and exhausted to add anything further