So, I still have no idea what I want to do, but I’m slowly narrowing it down. My interests are all over the place, which makes it hard to focus on something, but I’ll slowly get there.
For the fall I applied to a couple programs I’ve been thinking about for awhile: Psychiatric nursing and film (I know I know, complete opposites!)
I’ve decided against nursing for a number of reasons. I find mental health incredibly interesting, but it would definately be a tough job that would wear you down after awhile. It’s another 4 year degree (I was hoping I could get it down in 3 already having a BA but that was a no-go) and I don’t know that I want to go to school for that long when I may burn out after awhile on the job. Also, another huge deciding factor was that I wouldn’t be licenced to practice in my home province – where most of my family still lives. I want to be able to work close to home if I want to.
The film program I’m still deciding on, but I’m leaning towards not doing it. It’s really expensive and after talking to former students as well as a professor there, it doesn’t sound like it’s all that practical. I wouldn’t really have a better chance getting a job after the program that I do right now. It would be really fun, but I don’t know that I want to delve a LOT deeper into debt just to have fun.
So now that I’ve eliminated some options, I can focus on some of the other things I’m thinking of doing – more on that later :)