Spring Break = Break for Study

It is spring break now, but the weather doesn’t feel like it. It still snows, and some weird weather, too; plus it’s still cold. But from the lengthening of daytime, and the occasional call of geese flying north, I can feel the steps of spring coming albeit gradually.

For most people, especially those who had to endure a long winter, any sign of spring is more than welcomed. But for me, the warmer it gets, the gloomier I become. As of now, it’s sixty-nine days until show time.

It’s not that I dread the day of reckoning, but that I want to be fully prepared beforehand, with armor and ammo, guts and glory. And given the current time frame, with regular classes to mull over, time is no longer a luxury that I can waste away. I need every moment I can spare to study the new, review the ancient, which are all of significant importance.

That said, I shall do my best. Having a plan and being prepared is half the battle, following through is what matters. And because of that, I really appreciate my mother being here. With her company, I have felt a sense of peace that enables me to focus my otherwise wild imaginations into tranquil musings and a presence of strength that allows me to draw from deep inside, especially in moments of slight despair, and go from there.

Right now, I have what is called the “4M”, which is short hand for microeconomics, macroeconomics, metrics (short for econometrics) and math. In order to garner a significant passing grade in all four exams of three subjects (micro, macro, metrics), especially so in a class this large, I need that extra “oomph” to take me over the hill. I have that now.

The past prelims have been a great help, but it wasn’t until now that I gave them more than a cursory glance. They are, in essence, the epitome of economic problem solving; if I can do all the problems without reference and expand upon derivations of such, I believe I will have mastered, at least for now, enough economic theory to see me through the prelims.

So now I must return to the columns of text and binders of notes to see myself that much further down the road.