Nobody Does the Math Out Loud. Allow Me.
I knew going in that it would be hard. I knew there would be supervised hours and exams and a long road between grad school and actually practicing. I knew I'd be learning things that would take years to fully understand.
What I didn't know — what nobody really sat me down and explained — was how much of that road I'd be paying for out of pocket, while also working for little to nothing, while also somehow staying sane enough to sit with other people's pain.
10 Things Nobody Tells You About Running a Business in Grad School
I'm not going to tell you it's easy. It's not. But I'm also not going to tell you it's impossible, because I'm doing it, and so are other people, and the fact that it's hard doesn't mean it's the wrong call.
Your Program Expects You to Stop Working. Here's One Alternative.
Tuition. Supervision fees. Exam costs. And now your program is sending signals, subtle or not, that it's time to scale back your hours at work. Maybe quit entirely. Just... stop. As if your student loans got the memo. As if rent decided to be flexible.