Look. You can say, “I told you so” or “I knew it!” or any number of other things but the simple fact is that I’ve been so busy pretending to be a Professional Woman™️ that I haven’t had the time to devote to blogging about it. Or even pretending to blog about it.

Since my last (first, ugh) post I experienced Christmas, a business trip to Phoenix (combined with a weekend stopover in Vegas to celebrate my husband’s birthday), organized and implemented (with help from my incredible Operations team) my company’s annual gathering complete with an internal conference day, have lead my company through a global pandemic, panicked my way through a presidential election cycle, and have decided to eat yogurt and do yoga every day. It’s been a big year.

Now, as the nation chews its fingernails waiting for the final tally from a handful of state that will determine who our president will be for the next 4 years, I’m submitting an application for grad school. I’m not one to count my chickens before they hatch, but I’m gonna do it. I’m going to get my MBA. Someone asked me how schools I was applying to and I was like, “Hah! One, to start. I’ll see what happens after that point.”

The way I see it, I’ve waiting this long to go back to school, if i don’t get into this program, what’s another 6 months? Or a year? But if I DO get in to this program…then it’s just two months before my evenings and weekends disappear for a while. No time like the present to not go on vacations, hang out in bars, or see friends 🥴.

It feels good to make a decision that’s all about me. Yes, of course me learning things like data analysis and strategic thinking is going to help my company, but more than that, it’s going to be a huge boost to my confidence and help me feel like I really do deserve my seat at the table.

But first I have to get in.