tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29272836.post6769431997365579510..comments2023-10-18T12:03:08.013-04:00Comments on Vietnamazing: Crafting the Life Fantastic.: Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02124793086729345984noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29272836.post-26316025033322712152007-03-30T08:39:00.000-04:002007-03-30T08:39:00.000-04:00I comment on this blog WAY too often. Let me know ...I comment on this blog WAY too often. Let me know if it is too much. I remember reading once that people usually make emotion-based decisions, and that we then make rational arguments to justify that emotion-based decision. I think that's how it works for me. But it always helps when there are rational "this is a good decision, isn't it?" things to shore up what my hot heart wants - or doesn't want.<BR/><BR/>Example: I decided to go to NYU because the program description and what it seemed like people were achieving there made me want to reach out and grab those things and make them mine. It was going to be expensive - I knew that - and though I was competing for a fellowship, I was not guaranteed any kind of aid. But I sent out all of my "no thanks" notices to my other, cheaper, here's-the-aid-we-have-for-you-up-front schools, and just figured I would find a way to make it work (even if that way was student loans out the wazoo). And I was happy with that. But then this morning - lo! - I received word that the department had allocated a hefty chunk of tuition remission awards for me. So there is now a rational impetus for me to prefer NYU to the other schools. But I would have gone even if I hadn't gotten any good financial offer, because its what my heart wants. (As far as I can tell).<BR/><BR/>Love,<BR/>KKaren Shimizuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05585584914780542875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29272836.post-4067688607615066182007-03-30T08:37:00.000-04:002007-03-30T08:37:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Karen Shimizuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05585584914780542875noreply@blogger.com