Life is sweet

I guess I don't need to say anything here :)

Hunting for a job

It's not as easy as one would think but I am optimistic. I would like to start working as soon as possible, but so far I have sent only five applications and no interviews yet. I am quite picky, I must say. I can't apply for a job if I truly can't see myself doing the thing. I do learn and adapt really quickly, so challenging or a tiny bit out of my career objective jobs wouldn't be a problem at all. After all, this is a starting point of my career and I can build it on the way and develop myself further. 


I am happy to hear that many of my MITIM colleagues have recently got jobs. They started to look for their jobs already earlier this spring, which would have been good for me too, but I wanted to concentrate on my thesis. I don't think it was a bad decision.


Ok, back to writing job applications.. It's the hardest part of the applying process (at least for a Finn to praise your own achievements feels embarrassing, but who's gonna flatter you if you don't do it yourself..?). Fingers crossed so I'd find a job soon!! 

It is done?

Is it?

Few hours back I sent my thesis to my supervisor for final comments. On Monday it needs to be ready for printing, so I still have time during the weekend to make final corrections if needed. I know there is always something, I could spend weeks and months to finalize and rewrite things. I know my thesis is not perfect, but it is pretty ok considering the time I have spent on it and the other things that has happened in my life that have messed up my concentration and motivation. Therefore, I decided to be satisfied with it and let it go, it is ready now. 

I should be happy now, but for some reason I'm feeling a bit sad. I don't know if it's because of all the things that happened during the past few years which I have tried to ignore but that I shouldn't have and now they are coming back to me? Or is it because I know that the past two years I have gained tremendous amount of great experiences and fantastic, beautiful friends to who I have to say goodbye (at least for a while)...? Or is this just a sign that I should take it easy for a little while, enjoy what I have accomplished and live in the moment for a while? ;)

I am already stressed over finding a job and a place to stay, even though I am not graduated yet... 

Ok, sorry for this highly personal post this time, I just wanted to warn all you who are starting to write their theses about these mixed post-thesis-writing-feelings that might occur.. Don't worry, I'm sure it's a bypassing phase :)

Almost ready with the thesis..

...and writing the acknowledgements makes me weep...