[marai2]

Since it's seems like you were already motivated and interested in learning Math on your own, how would you describe what your learnings were before you enrolled in formal studies? In other words if you could travel back in time to talk to yourself before you made the decision to enroll in a Master's program, what would the younger you have asked the older you and what would be the response? For example I'm thinking a reply might be like "well you're going to miss out on opportunities xyz by commiting to a Master's program, but because I know you and know you wouldn't be happy without satisfying your desire to learn Math in a more formal study the trade of is worth it. And you don't know this yet but when you start learning about P,Q,R you'll really get a kick out of it" :-)