Learning how to fly (again)
~.: The more research and contemplating I do, the more I'm beginning to realize that becoming a professor (or at the least, a lecturer at a community college) of women's studies may be the dream job I've been looking for. Of course no job is without its downside, but at this point, I see very few of them. The pros I see are as follows:
1. I'd get to go back to school like I've been dying to do for the past two years or so.
2. I'd get to study a topic that I'm very passionate about, which would equip me to teach others, people who may actually be able to make more practical positive change in our society.
3. I'd get to work a normal schedule (I may have to wait until I'm established, but Monday to Friday with an occasional Saturday, and not having to be up at 4:30 in the morning is a-okay with me).
4. I would get to continue researching information that I enjoy, as well as being able to participate in other related activities (maybe even going around to elementary or high schools to do some talks there, which is something I really wish would happen now).
5. I'd get to wear nice clothes to work instead of jeans and a polo. I get so jealous of women in blouses and heels and dresses and such.
~.: The biggest obstacle staring me in the face right now is financial. Again, I'm considering a field that requires a lot of work and time for very little pay, and I still owe a lot on my current student loans. In a way, I wish I was still in school, so that I had an adviser or instructor breathing down my neck and telling me I need to apply for this and that class or program. I'm nervous about getting started, about researching programs, about being able to afford them, plus, my academic writing skills have really disintegrated over the past few years from disuse, and they were never my strongest to begin with.
~.: I may have to take some guidance from Dustin, and put together a career to-do list (he's always making lists), and set an actual end date for when I want to begin this process. It's terrifying and exciting all at the same time, and I think I've been delaying on putting it together because that would mean I'm actually making steps, however small, towards realizing this dream.
~.: Perhaps the very first thing I need to do is determine a systematic way of speaking with people in the field, to find out what their journey was like, and what other considerations I may need to make in order to prepare myself. Who knows, maybe I'll find out this field isn't actually for me (I doubt it, and at the very least, with a Master's in women's studies, I may at least be able to do something I feel is more productive, and contributes something to the cause).
1. I'd get to go back to school like I've been dying to do for the past two years or so.
2. I'd get to study a topic that I'm very passionate about, which would equip me to teach others, people who may actually be able to make more practical positive change in our society.
3. I'd get to work a normal schedule (I may have to wait until I'm established, but Monday to Friday with an occasional Saturday, and not having to be up at 4:30 in the morning is a-okay with me).
4. I would get to continue researching information that I enjoy, as well as being able to participate in other related activities (maybe even going around to elementary or high schools to do some talks there, which is something I really wish would happen now).
5. I'd get to wear nice clothes to work instead of jeans and a polo. I get so jealous of women in blouses and heels and dresses and such.
~.: The biggest obstacle staring me in the face right now is financial. Again, I'm considering a field that requires a lot of work and time for very little pay, and I still owe a lot on my current student loans. In a way, I wish I was still in school, so that I had an adviser or instructor breathing down my neck and telling me I need to apply for this and that class or program. I'm nervous about getting started, about researching programs, about being able to afford them, plus, my academic writing skills have really disintegrated over the past few years from disuse, and they were never my strongest to begin with.
~.: I may have to take some guidance from Dustin, and put together a career to-do list (he's always making lists), and set an actual end date for when I want to begin this process. It's terrifying and exciting all at the same time, and I think I've been delaying on putting it together because that would mean I'm actually making steps, however small, towards realizing this dream.
~.: Perhaps the very first thing I need to do is determine a systematic way of speaking with people in the field, to find out what their journey was like, and what other considerations I may need to make in order to prepare myself. Who knows, maybe I'll find out this field isn't actually for me (I doubt it, and at the very least, with a Master's in women's studies, I may at least be able to do something I feel is more productive, and contributes something to the cause).