My Life May Resume

This weekend I took one of the most hellish departmental qualifying exams for my doctoral program.  I must say that for the past month or so I have really be in full grind mode because the exam covers SO much material (content spanning 7 subjects within mechanical engineering).  But thanks to the grace and mercy of God it is finished, over, and done with.  Finally, life as we know it may resume.

My life prior to now consisted of sleeping, studying, eating, studying, eating, studying, sleeping, and repeat (with all of the things in between).  I had to make a few sacrifices for the sake of dedicating time and efforts to preparing including going out on the weekends, traveling home or even communicating consistently with my family and friends, practicing my photography or executing photo projects, and sorting through my long list of photo albums.  It was a long strenuous process to prepare for that exam, and my efforts will not go unrecognized.

While I wait to hear the results from my examination, I will continuously cross things off of my to-do list.  I have so many ideas and dreams that must be fulfilled.  I have so many things to say to others, so many things to do, and things I need to do to work on myself (mind, body, soul, and spirit).

Be on the look out for more posts about my photography, my fashion (outward beauty), and my creations in the kitchen.  I recently invested in a Crock-Pot so I may have a few cuisines featured with the tag #CrockpotCreations.

Let's get it!

Until next time,

Maleshia J.

Destined to Think

I'm on this spiritual journey to figure out what I need to do, where I need to be, and how I'm going to get there.  I ask God to grace me with the spirit of patience so that when the time comes for me fulfill my destiny, I won't be alarmed, surprised, or disobedient.  I am destined to be a scientist (or at least that's what I think).  Nights upon nights, I dream of solutions to problems in my sleep.

 I create scenarios in which I have to speak to people in a formal manner.  I think about how I'm going to approach someone or get something done.  I dream about how I can solve that math problem that was just bothering me so much the night before.  I organize things in my dreams, like the real Maleshia J. would do.

Do ordinary people think of science, even while they're sleeping?  I'd say most don't, but I could be wrong.  I'm going to take that as a sign that I'm supposed to remain in the STEM fields, PhD or not.  I love this stuff, but my passion is not focused or defined at this point.  There's still more time for me to get things figured out. [Yes, I know that last sentence was very passive.  That's because God's going to handle it and guide me.]

I love people watching, photography, looking at art and designs, building structures.  Architectural engineering sounds fun.  I've determined within the last few weeks that I want to be somewhere that fuses beauty/art with design to create things are can be used and are aesthetically pleasing to the eye.  I think that's what I want to do. If I pursue a PhD, it has to be something that is engineering-related but has a touch of art/design (not completely mechanical design).

Wow! I feel a lot better.  Just jotting this down will help me keep my word and uphold my faith.  One thing I have no doubt about is that I am destined to think.