Becalmed

These past few days I feel becalmed. The eye of the storm that was first round interview passed last week. MBA students were scattered like straws through the forest of dings, rejections and 2nd round invitations. And then the sun struck. Not a "Maybe I'll show my face" strike, but a strongwilled, "I'm here to stay for 5 days and there will not be a single cloud in the sky" kind of strike.

And so you try and carry on as before. You try and get the willpower to do the latest Industry and Competitive Analysis reading (it's drier than a cheese cracker if you ask me, but I seem to be in a minority). You feel obliged to run on the MBA treadmill arranging group meetings and case studies and job applications. But you just can't as it is too nice outside. And so you pop out outside, just for 5 minutes of course. And you breathe in the fresh spring air and remember that there's a world outside the MBA. And for the first time you feel almost ready to leave the protective wrappings of the bubble and re-enter it. Fitter, stronger and ready for the next challenge. But just before we start that, maybe a few more minutes in the sun won't hurt.