So, this past winter
Lia and I decided that I would apply to Owen Graduate School of Business at
Vanderbilt University to see if we could accelerate our life plan by a year.
Well…
They
said "Yes!"
I said
"Wow!"
They
said "When will you accept?"
I said "How
about right now?"
They
said "Good, cus we can't wait!"
Then I asked them
for some merit aid...
And
they said "Yes!"
I'm officially going
to be a Double Dore (trust me, it's a thing.)
Considering that leaving Nashville was not an option in my book, it is
an incredible blessing that it all worked out.
If they had rejected me or not come through with a scholarship, the plan
was to eliminate the MBA from my life plan and move forward accordingly. Instead, the business nerd in me could not be more
excited to spend 22 months learning how to be awesome at everything.
Going back to school
will also give me another chance to figure out what I want to do with my
life. My problem is not that I don't
have any ideas, but rather than I have a plethora of ideas and can't decide
between them. I have the standard real
estate mogul and king of the world occupations showing some strong competition,
but I wouldn't count out the Doodle breeder or stay-at-home dad options quite
yet.
Whatever path the
Lord sends me down in 2 years, I could not be more excited to begin my
temporary retirement this fall. Less
travel, less work, less hopeless clients…
more wife time, more doodle, more hunting, more intramural sports, more
Thursday night kegs, more Fridays off.
Yes.... in fact, winning does feel great. Go Dores.
