First and foremost, graduate study is a lot of challenging hard work and requires motivations from many sources that I can integrate into my strategies for personal success. Graduate study involves hurdles such as doing research, a lot of writing papers, thesis, finding the right advisor, being able to stand criticism, and the ability to stand motivated under all these pressures. A burden for those of us who have to deal with Family life, full-time jobs and graduate school. Coming up with plans or strategies to overcome graduate study challenges does not guarantee that I will easily overcome them. These strategies must be implemented at all cost, to attain success over these graduate challenges. My strategies are not easy to master overnight but with focus and perseverance, I believe they are applicable; to maintain success. My personal goal is strategizing my study abilities to enable me graduate, and my professional goal is to become a Health Administrator/Informatics. I decided to pursue graduate studies when …show more content…
Being a husband with my wife and two kids is another challenge in my graduate studies. The real fact is that family comes first. I have to come up with a strategy if I intend to make it through grad school and keep my family without going crazy. Financial obligations can also whisk its ugly head up when it comes to family obligations. My wife and I share or manager the house duties together but in actuality, they are all my primary responsibility. I don’t have external family help when it comes to babysitting, doctor's appointment, groceries, picking up the kids when we are running late, etc. Strategies for my family challenges while in graduate school will mostly depend on setting priorities, keeping calm, relaxed, go with the flow, and not getting overwhelmed by every little thing. These strategies will help to deal with my family issues when it comes to grad school