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Well, it's pretty much over! I defended last week and passed! This week is the low-key official finish - handing in the written dissertation. It's been such a crazy 3+ months that my body cannot physically handle it anymore. I've been sick now almost one month continuously! First was three weeks of bronchitus and now after the defense, it's a cold. I think my body is telling me something... I'm a little surprised, not that many people have asked me this: How do you feel now that you're done? Actually, it's not so much feeling like having accomplished a goal and that I'm doctored. I just feel relieved that it's finally over! After all this time and effort! It's over. Right this very moment, I could care less if I hadn't passed so long as this struggle ends. I don't care that I made a mistake in my presentation and said something wrong which one of my committee members corrected me on. There have been many moments before where self doubt has crept in and depression set in. Will I finish? Am I wasting everybody's time? (Fast forward a couple of years...) Well, who cares? I'm done with this lifestyle now! I'm so over it already. Ready for the next step into the "real world", whatever that is. But, whatever the future brings, "Let there be light." (Fiat Lux)