2 more weeks.

Well, less than that actually.

Less than 2 weeks until I get my freedom back.

Less than 2 weeks until can say goodbye to psychology - these 3 years of study has taught me more about myself than I could ever have thought. I remember choosing psychology because I didn't have a strong interest in anything else at the time. It was pretty much choose a degree for the sake of being a graduate by the next three years. The first year was horrible because I wasn't sure if I actually wanted to do this, I didn't make the effort in revision and ended up with a bad grade by the end. Second year was when I started developing an interest for the things I was learning. At that time, I had learnt a lot about myself and somehow, the interest in speech and language sciences became my interest by the end. Now third year, I found reality, had time to think about my future, found my future, and now working towards my future.

I don't regret taking psychology at all, but if I could turn back time, I do wish I took something that could get me a degree-related job, personally. For me, it was more like I went with my interests rather than think about what could benefit me the most. Ideally, we all want to graduate and use our knowledge in that subject in our future jobs. The lack of jobs in the scientific field is actually striking - the majority of people I know that study science at degree level either go on to study PhD or end up getting a job completely unrelated to their field. But like I said, I don't regret taking psychology, it hasn't led me into a dead end, in fact, it's made me a better person. I finally understand myself compared to the me 2 years ago who was unsure of many things, unconfident in myself, a complete worry-wart. The only downside is me trying to analyse the behaviour of everyone around me - damn psychology influence. Not saying people have a hard time finding a job doing psychology though, it's all about transferrable skills rather than the degree you study. True enough, some jobs want you have a degree in something specific, but those jobs are highly specialised ones. No one said someone that studies psychology can't go on to work in an office.

So it's quite sad to be leaving Royal Holloway, July 19th will be my last time at Royal Holloway when I graduate. I'll be saying bye bye to the castle, bye bye to the Wolfson building, bye bye to Bedford library which is always overpacked. I wouldn't say I had much of a student life living at home for 2 years and only being out there in the countryside for my first year. But during the first year, I met many awesome people who I still remain friends with and hopefully will always be a part of my life even after we go separate ways. It's always hard to keep contact with friends when you part ways but if they really matter in your life, you'll make the effort to keep them in your life, and they would do the same if you mattered to them equally as much.

With that said, roll on the last 2 exams. I CAN'T WAIT TO BE OFFICIALLY A GRADUATE.