So I usually start my blogs via the following process, I think of a theme – this week its ‘my brain hurts’, and I suspect it’s going to be a recurring one – and then I Google the theme to see what visuals it produces. That tends to set the tone of the blog. However I used the term ‘mental overload’ hoping for depictions of dumper trucks overloading skips or some such, what I actually got was a load of pictures of someone/something called JUSTIN BIEBER? Lots and lots of Justin Bieber, what does he have to do with mental overload? Is it a song of his? Anyhow I hope the use of his name has an effect on the search results!

Life so far in QS and on the IE/Brown Exec MBA is proving as challenging as we were told. This last two weeks have been especially challenging. Getting the balance between work, family and the MBA is very difficult. I don’t have it as complicated as others but I have underperformed on all 3 fronts. And all 3 fronts have been extremely patient, but it’s not an everlasting cup of patience, so I need to get it right.


Severe dose of ‘man-flu’ this week isn’t helping so am trying to cover as much as possible from home, sales for work, and study. Being snotty and feeling crap is really not helping! The reason my brain hurts? Well tonight for example I have been reading up on next weeks’ Management Economics subject (aggregate supply and aggregate demand relating to the business cycle), have been reading up on ethics, taking part in the online forum part of the programme which this week is covering Finance (long term assets), strategy (entry opportunities and strategies), Leadership (change and innovation). Tomorrow will be more snot probably combined with writing up notes, sales to the US, and getting stuck into Cost Accounting and Marketing Management!!

On the plus side, (or is it debit, or credit, I actually no longer truly know!) we are already talking about a relaxing, sophisticated week or three immediately after the graduation ceremony which will involve doing absolutely nothing. Possibly a light cocktail or two, followed by witty banter and sophisticated debate; thats right, we plan to get (expletives deleted) rather jolly.
Going further into the black, it’s a fortnight of birthdays; at the last count 10 friends and family have their birthdays from May 20th until 1st week or so of June (not including a rash of colleagues and classmates) mine is on Friday, so another year passes. Any wiser? Not sure, any greyer certainly! This time next year, that’s all I can keep saying, this time next year I will be graduated, debt free and back in the saddle!

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