He's tricky that way.

It must be possible to be both at the same time.

I hope the time flies by for you!

I'm rooting for you...

I was thinking about taking last summer off of school for a break. It would have pushed my graduation back to May of next year. My wife told me that that time will go by whether I am in school or not.

In the future it will pay off. Right now it feels like drudgery.

Soon, very soon, you will be DONE. Forever.

Hang in there!

You can do it, and you WILL do it.

Law school did the same to me. Hang in there-- it'll be over soon!

I just never seem to have enough time to do it.

Don't quit now but plan to do something you love when you graduate.

Don't take time off now, without a degree.

But, it sounds like you should go for a long break after you graduate. Discovering what you want to do in life is just as important as your degree.

Your too close to graduation to quit. Graduate and then explore your options with a degree.

I've worked too hard for too long to stop just before the finish line.

I am going to have a bachelor's degree in business administration when I graduate. I am going to be 42 in a few days so I am not a traditional student embarking on my working career. I already have a full time job and I'm probably going to check into advancement there before I try to go elsewhere. But graduating school will feel like taking some time off after having worked 50-55 hours a week and taking three classes a semester for the past 2.5 years.

2.5 years. Wow, you have my fullest admiration!

My hat off to you, Sir, and all the best wishes from the bottom of my heart!

what you started tough as it is.

That set aside book represents a hell of a lot more than interrupted fun. It represents a shit ton of ambition and goals that you have set and met.
Not everyone could have accomplished what you are very close to having finished. You tackled a different part of your life that will ultimately yield you more time for pleasure reading, etc.
Just a wee bit more to do and the patience to see it to the end.

I went on a binge reading spree. I read every one of the Game of Thrones books in the month of June 2009.

Since then, I've only had time to read maybe three books.

But I still relish the memory of that June.

I was an education/social studies major, and that is an unbelievable amount of reading, so I know what you mean.

All I read for 15 years was tech books. Any spare time was spent tinkering with programs. Last summer (2013) I picked up a 700 page fiction book & devoured it in two days. Shortly after that, I started writing & now I have seven chapters toward a novel & I'm having a blast. I'm not taking on any new tech clients & have a goal to finish my first draft by end of the year.

Come Dec 15, pick up a book, any book that sounds like fun, maybe even Hawking's, & read! Your brain will thank you for it.

I always hated reading text books! Anyone who doesn't hate would be just too weird for me.

You may be sick to death of the academics you've been living in since 2012, but it's practically OVER! When it's over you won't know what to do with the huge load off your shoulders for a few days. When I was in college the worst part for me was having to wait to wrote or research my next subject. I've never liked having to wait to do anything in its own good time. My favorite thing is to finish. Finish anything I'm working on or delayed by. When I knew that three months from now there was a paper due it made me nuts! I really felt the pressure for the strangest reasons. I was never afraid of the subject or the grade or even the process, but I sure hated having to wait to implement it.

What I said in the title. Sorry, it's my first post.