Spring 2026 is officially over. Four courses completed. And after submitting the final exam for the last course, I experienced a feeling unfamiliar to graduate students: Silence. No deadlines.No discussion boards.No professor casually posting: “Just one final reminder.” That sentence alone has caused more stress than actual exams. The strange part is that this is already my second master’s degree.

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It Starts With Good Intentions Spring break begins the same way every year. You tell yourself this will be the week where everything gets organized. You will get ahead on readings. You will outline papers. You will clean up your notes and maybe even get a head start on that project that has been quietly sitting in the syllabus since

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