now what?
So I'm stuck.
My MA is coming to an end. My housemates are moving out--one is moving back home to Turkmenistan, the other wants to move in with his girlfriend. I will be finishing my MA in September. I'm currently applying for a PhD. I'll get in. But it will be difficult finding all the funding and i may have to work part-time. But do I do a PhD? The MA has been so stressful. Another degree? I currently have the options of living in 3 of the world's greatest cities: San Francisco, New York, and London.
London: stay. PhD or not to PhD? I can work if I don't do the PhD. Most of my friends are leaving London for jobs/returning to their home countries/or just changing careers to non-archaeology. I need close friends to survive another degree, and I don't know if I'll have them anymore here as everyone's life progresses--with or with out me in it. That scares me. A lot.
New York: Audrey has a spare room in her condo and I can live there. She already offered it to me. But to do what? Is there a job for me there? Or will I end up working at Starbucks or Macy's? I can't do that. Ever again. But archaeology? A PhD in NY? I can't apply for any US-based degress, I've missed all the December deadlines. I'd have to apply to start in fall 2009--giving me a year of aimless wondering!
SF: I could find a place, quickly enough while living with Gabe in the mean-time. Will CyArk hire me again? Will EarthMine hire me if CyArk isn't interested? Or do I, again, find some random job until I start a PhD in 2009 in California?
I really don't want to do a PhD in the USA. I prefer the set-up of grad school in the UK.
San Francisco.
New York City.
London.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO!
*sigh*
My MA is coming to an end. My housemates are moving out--one is moving back home to Turkmenistan, the other wants to move in with his girlfriend. I will be finishing my MA in September. I'm currently applying for a PhD. I'll get in. But it will be difficult finding all the funding and i may have to work part-time. But do I do a PhD? The MA has been so stressful. Another degree? I currently have the options of living in 3 of the world's greatest cities: San Francisco, New York, and London.
London: stay. PhD or not to PhD? I can work if I don't do the PhD. Most of my friends are leaving London for jobs/returning to their home countries/or just changing careers to non-archaeology. I need close friends to survive another degree, and I don't know if I'll have them anymore here as everyone's life progresses--with or with out me in it. That scares me. A lot.
New York: Audrey has a spare room in her condo and I can live there. She already offered it to me. But to do what? Is there a job for me there? Or will I end up working at Starbucks or Macy's? I can't do that. Ever again. But archaeology? A PhD in NY? I can't apply for any US-based degress, I've missed all the December deadlines. I'd have to apply to start in fall 2009--giving me a year of aimless wondering!
SF: I could find a place, quickly enough while living with Gabe in the mean-time. Will CyArk hire me again? Will EarthMine hire me if CyArk isn't interested? Or do I, again, find some random job until I start a PhD in 2009 in California?
I really don't want to do a PhD in the USA. I prefer the set-up of grad school in the UK.
San Francisco.
New York City.
London.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO!
*sigh*