It’s been a while since I have written a blog post and
it’s about time I explain why.
After graduating I joined the many thousands on the job
market. Everyone tells you how difficult it will be but you never think it will
be that bad. I applied for dozens of jobs, daily, and although at first I did
so with much enthusiasm after a few weeks I became distraught.
My goal has always been to enter postgraduate study but
competition for places there is just as hard as for a job. I settled on wanting
to apply for a Masters course for September 2015 entry and with fees being
anywhere up to (and beyond) £10,000 I knew a job was vital. In September I went
to an interview for 3 funded Masters positions but unfortunately wasn’t
successful – another dent in my self belief.
During this time my anxiety got quite bad and there were
days I could barely get out of the house. I was struck down with the panic at
the thought that I would potentially stay unemployed for a very long time. I
was lucky enough to get some Christmas temp jobs and started to save towards my
goal.
At the beginning of November I got a phone call from
someone who worked on the same floor I had had my Masters interview two months
prior. I was told there was another funded position that they had just had come
through and were looking for someone to start asap. He had spoken to my
undergraduate project supervisors along with some of the people in my year and
had my interview notes and they were ready to give me the placement.
So, now a month later that is where I am. I am back at
university as a postgraduate student studying a Masters by research with the
reconstructive surgery and regenerative medicine research group. I count my
blessings because I know how lucky I was for this to fall in my lap.
Now that things are a lot more settled in my life I feel
like I have the desire to be online and post things again.
