I have finished my first year of grad school...and not only have I survived what has been the hardest year/semester of my life, but I think I have truly stumbled upon my passion
Also a huge accomplishement: I was curious, and wanted to quantify the sheer volume of writing that I have done this semester (as in, since Jan. 6th) so I copied and pasted almost everything that I have turned in as a written assignment into MS Word, double-spaced, APA style, 12-pt. font in Times New Roman...and it turns out that in 4 months I managed to write roughly 165+ pages of text!

I don't even want to think about the number of hours I spent simply writing...much less the number of hours I spent reading, reseaching, and commuting!
Also, congrats to WobblyStilettos and Whatever!