Since I started the MSN program I’ve struggled with the “fit” of the program with my own personality and situation. About the time I was getting ready to start classes a home that I’ve been renting out is coming available and it needs a fair amount of work to get it up to selling state. I don’t have that money. With the changes in the economy of late, that financial challenge has become even more acute as I’ve had to accommodate some fairly significant cost of living changes. So, after a whole lot more emotional turmoil, I finally hit that last button last night to withdraw from the program. While I feel a significant weight lifted from my shoulders, I’m also a bit distressed by the fact that I didn’t complete something.

Before I get too wound up about it though, I am trying to get re-enrolled in another MSN program that I was in prior, one that is on-line and doesn’t require the same time commitment in terms of travel time and classroom time. I don’t mind doing the work; I mind having my time wasted which was a lot of my problem with the program I was most recently in.

Either way, with the economy in the shape it is, there are likely to be a number of changes — including a possible job change. I can drive a few miles more and make considerably more money. And that’s what I need right now but, then again, don’t we all in these challenging financial times?