yet another existential crisis
So i was thinking about graduate school as an option, again. and i am wondering, since chances are i will eventually go back b/c I will have to in order to earn more money, is it better to just go back now? If I wait longer, I will have to find another new career when I'm so much older and I dont know how thats going to affect anything but maybe it will. Lets see the sides to this dice:
1) If I go back to school now, I will have less experience in mental health when I get out, but I will have a more advanced degree which opens more opportunity for me...however I may have more trouble finding a job due to said lack of experience.
2) If I wait to go back to school, I will be older and therefore perhaps more limited in my choices as all the young hooligans snatch them up, but I will also have more work experience which in some ways is as good as more education.
3) If I go back now, I have more potential to make more money in my lifetime, as I will be earning more (hopefully) at a younger age.
4) If I don't go back now, I have more time to work full time and save up money/invest it, which while it gives me much less disposable income, I will probably graduate with less debt, or even possibly not have to worry about expenses while I'm in school.
5) If I go back now, see number 1, and any job I might find after getting out might not pay as much as I will be "entry level" or close to it, still, due to lack of experience.
6) If I don't go back, there is only so far I can go in my current job (or whatever job) before I hit a wall due to not having a more advanced degree.
sooo can anyone give me some advice about what they would do, or are doing, and why?
1) If I go back to school now, I will have less experience in mental health when I get out, but I will have a more advanced degree which opens more opportunity for me...however I may have more trouble finding a job due to said lack of experience.
2) If I wait to go back to school, I will be older and therefore perhaps more limited in my choices as all the young hooligans snatch them up, but I will also have more work experience which in some ways is as good as more education.
3) If I go back now, I have more potential to make more money in my lifetime, as I will be earning more (hopefully) at a younger age.
4) If I don't go back now, I have more time to work full time and save up money/invest it, which while it gives me much less disposable income, I will probably graduate with less debt, or even possibly not have to worry about expenses while I'm in school.
5) If I go back now, see number 1, and any job I might find after getting out might not pay as much as I will be "entry level" or close to it, still, due to lack of experience.
6) If I don't go back, there is only so far I can go in my current job (or whatever job) before I hit a wall due to not having a more advanced degree.
sooo can anyone give me some advice about what they would do, or are doing, and why?