Obi Completes Masters Degree in 14 months

I started this journey of going to back to getting my Masters Degree in November of 2007 a couple months removed from finishing my 2nd Bachelor’s degree. In many ways I can’t believe I am finally done with this. There were so many times that I wanted to quit and got very close because of the stress of multi-tasking too many things in 2008.

2008 was by far the most stressful time of my life working 50 + hours a week; tirelessly working hard to make a name for myself in the fitness industry with photo shoots, competitions, etc; dealing with the personal stress of a younger brother who recently became seriously mentally ill and who has completely lost his identity of he is and who his family is; Also dealing with the stress of having to consistently make financial and medical decisions of his welfare constantly. On top of all that trying to find the time and at times the sanity to study and maintain good grades in grad school.

The sacrifices that were made in attaining this Masters degree with what I had going on in my life was virtually almost no social life in 2008. I am sharing this journey of mine because I know we all go through obstacles in our lives that can prevent us from accomplishing a goal we set out to do. I use my experience as the perfect example that if you put your mind to a goal or something you want to seriously accomplish despite what you’re going through I guarantee that you can accomplish what you set out to do. Trust me when I tell you this there were so many things that told me to quit school and that I have too much on my plate.

I totally believe that the mind is a powerful thing and you can will yourself to do almost anything in this world. If this message or my experience helps out at least one person in an inspirational way than sharing my story and experience was worth it. I want to thank my mother and father who set the bar so high for me in terms of education.

My father who has a PHD and my mother who has her Masters degree. I love both of them dearly and thank them for teaching me that you’re nothing without your education. On a positive note I will graduate July 11th, 2009 with honors with my Masters degree in Information Systems in Phoenix, Arizona from University Of Phoenix. What an incredible 14 month rollercoaster journey that was and now I can finally breathe…smile.

Obi Obadike

B.A. BS. MS.