trying to figure out what to do with my life
As the title indicates, I've been trying to figure out what to do with my life. At dinner with my friend Stephen last night we discussed the fact that neither of us ever had some idea of a career. Some set life plan. Like those kids who wanted to be doctors and pharmacists and lawyers since they were 5 and got a stethoscope/good drugs/into an argument and found their calling. Not us. Not me. I'm 99% sure I won't go back for the rest of my literature M.A. If I'm not sitting here reading Barthes and Bakhtin for fun, I shouldn't be in that program. Yeah, I'm sure I could BS it. Get mostly As, if not all, pass the comps. But I wouldn't even be getting much practical out of it in the end. I didn't have a teaching assistantship, so I'm not getting that experience, and I don't want to teach college, in fact, I hate public speaking. With a passion. Terrified of it. So no. So, not that. So then what? I've been looking at several things.
Library School. Still not sure what's up with Greensboro. Who knows when I'll find out. They lost 2 of my rec letters, so those had to be sent again. Sigh.
Elementary education. Perhaps a surprise to those who know me, but I actually really enjoy working with little kids. They're always new. Even when they're being naughty and tough and whiney they're interesting and most of the time quite fun. This would entail more VCU. I already have a B.A. in a liberal arts subject, which is a plus. But it would still probably be 3-4 more semesters. I would get an M.A. out of it, I believe. More money, but living off of student loans is a good living. I wrote to the dean of the school to set up an advising appointment. Hopefully that will happen soon.
Massage therapy/hair dressing. I'd actually considered this as a kid, but the whole college-track thing led to me never doing it. More up-front money, but I'd have a trade. I like working with my hands. I'm not too sure how this one works, at least here in Richmond. I know of at least one massage school that does 6 or 12 month certifications. As far as hair, it seems like you can either go to school or get an apprenticeship or both (well, you have to get an apprenticeship at some point either way). But I don't know anything about hair cutting schools around here.
Some other trade. The community college has a fair amount of stuff to choose from, from welding to medical transcription (Jordan's mom had that job and it seemed tedious but she got to work at home and take naps. Awesome). Money, but not as much as VCU. Applying to the community college, which is annoying in and of itself. Not being sure of what exactly I'd want to do. I mean, unless I'm going into auto repair or computers seems like I'd be better of doing hair.
I've also applied to two internships, one with a tiny publishing house here in Richmond and one with a consulting firm that's fucking awesome, also here in RVA. Hopefully one or both of those will work out. I had an interview with the publishing place that went quite well. They aren't really paid, but it's great experience, especially the consulting one.
My dad was talking to me about me buying a house, helping me buy one I mean. Paying for the down payment. Very up in the air, of course. Probably won't happen. But if I don't get into Greensboro I'll probably talk to him about it again. Figure out what option to go with and try to set a plan.
Library School. Still not sure what's up with Greensboro. Who knows when I'll find out. They lost 2 of my rec letters, so those had to be sent again. Sigh.
Elementary education. Perhaps a surprise to those who know me, but I actually really enjoy working with little kids. They're always new. Even when they're being naughty and tough and whiney they're interesting and most of the time quite fun. This would entail more VCU. I already have a B.A. in a liberal arts subject, which is a plus. But it would still probably be 3-4 more semesters. I would get an M.A. out of it, I believe. More money, but living off of student loans is a good living. I wrote to the dean of the school to set up an advising appointment. Hopefully that will happen soon.
Massage therapy/hair dressing. I'd actually considered this as a kid, but the whole college-track thing led to me never doing it. More up-front money, but I'd have a trade. I like working with my hands. I'm not too sure how this one works, at least here in Richmond. I know of at least one massage school that does 6 or 12 month certifications. As far as hair, it seems like you can either go to school or get an apprenticeship or both (well, you have to get an apprenticeship at some point either way). But I don't know anything about hair cutting schools around here.
Some other trade. The community college has a fair amount of stuff to choose from, from welding to medical transcription (Jordan's mom had that job and it seemed tedious but she got to work at home and take naps. Awesome). Money, but not as much as VCU. Applying to the community college, which is annoying in and of itself. Not being sure of what exactly I'd want to do. I mean, unless I'm going into auto repair or computers seems like I'd be better of doing hair.
I've also applied to two internships, one with a tiny publishing house here in Richmond and one with a consulting firm that's fucking awesome, also here in RVA. Hopefully one or both of those will work out. I had an interview with the publishing place that went quite well. They aren't really paid, but it's great experience, especially the consulting one.
My dad was talking to me about me buying a house, helping me buy one I mean. Paying for the down payment. Very up in the air, of course. Probably won't happen. But if I don't get into Greensboro I'll probably talk to him about it again. Figure out what option to go with and try to set a plan.