Hoops

Life was much better and simpler when the only hoops I needed to jump through was the one in the hula hoop that I chose to jump through while using as a jump rope.

Years later, nothing is simple. To move one must get a new place, pack up, leave or sell the old place, then reestablish their life in a new location with friends, church community, volunteer opportunities, etc...

Right now my grad school is adding new hoops to jump through just to have a simple question answered. They said one can request to take a class rather than do an experiential learning opportunity if one has had professional experience. So I asked...now I'm on my third hoop they are looking for me to jump through, just to get an answer which will determine all the rest of my semesters. The kicker is, I have to jump through the prior hoop to even learn that there is another one or what it is.

This all leaves me wondering.

Really, is it hard to present everything someone needs to do up front with this process? What lesson is this teaching me about how to be a professional? Then the questions turn on my actions, what hoops do I make students jump through without realizing it? my friends? family? potential boyfriends? If I do this, how do I eliminate the hoops?