Monday, October 27, 2008

life... I guess

So, life is pretty cool. I am living in a cute apartment, I have a great boyfriend, I am working on my masters, as planned, and generally am doing fine.
Yet, I still feel like there is something missing. I do need a job to pull in some cash, and I do need to work on my thesis in order to be able to finish in June like I plan but those are both doable... that's not it.

Maybe it's passion, I could be stressing out about work so mush so that I no longer feel this sheer interest in learning. In undergrad, and even in HS, I was just good a learning, I understood things very readily, didnt have to work for it. I wanted to learn so I did. Now, I still want to learn but for some reason the sparkle of it all is gone, and I feel like I have to do A TON more work to be as successful as before.

I have always planned to go straight thru and get my PhD and another masters in Art therapy. Now I have toyed with the idea of just stopping. Being a school counselor or being a behavioral specialist. I could do either with just my masters. I am so done with school- I am really not sure what I am doing next. Maybe that's what's wrong... I have lost my internal motivation. I still have ambition and some motivating factors but I really just feel tired, not physically or even mentally really, but more in the bored and need some major change tired.

I think I need to get out into the work force, work with people, see and meet people that ARENT college students or doctoral candidates. It's only been 5 years since I've been in this city, and in college but I am done with it.

I want to move and start a real career!But to where? and doing what? I will only have a masters, is that enough to do anything? So there is my dilemma!

I will just focus on my thesis and hope it works itself out... as things tend to do!

off to work on Neuro! hah fuuuuuuun :oP

1 comment:

Becky said...

hellllooooo Lys! I am obsessed with blogs so I'm glad to see you're (kinda) posting again!
Anyhow, don't stress about knowing exactly what you want. You will end up exactly where you are supposed to be, doing exactly what you are supposed to be doing. It took me several years to figure this out, but you'll see.... :-)
Hoping to see you this weekend at our holiday party!