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Good on you, Kimber, great milestone. I've been astonished at the number of folks I've met through the years who left with only 10 or 20 credits left to go. Of course, no one from the government comes to your house after graduation and says, "Congratulations, here's your check for $1 million," but what you know now is that you're good for the promise and the commitment. You can see things through.
You don't know yet how often that level of dedication will pull you through a stage of a painting where you just want to quit, but you know that there's more than can be done if you'll just come back, next day, day after. So don't ever walk a canvas out to the dumpster after 8 p.m. Go listen to some Bach cello suites, burn some incense or sit in the hot tub, and bring your renewed vision to the easel next day. And the next and the next. If you miss a day, okay, come back. Notice the world didn't end, and pick up your brushes.
Have a deserved rest, but begin to think about how you'll now channel your energies toward where you want to be in your next level of accomplishment. Draw upon the good place where you are and keep the fire lit.
Whoop and holler for a while, first. Designate a driver, preferably not another artist. Or an Irishman.
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