get a masters degree

and among them is our own Sherlock. I don’t know why I am so terrified of pursuing this goal. I’ve been out of school for 8 years, though, and the longer time ticks away, the more I wonder if I’m going to be able to do this or not.

Urban Design?

Now we’re getting somewhere, finally. Off to look for a school that offers it.

I’ve been thinking about this the past couple of days and this would be something that I’d do next year or the year after that. As with all plans, it depends on how things turn out when life intervenes, but yup, this is back in the picture.

I’ll put this back in when I’ve decided what it is exactly that I want to study. I figured that I wanted a masters degree for the wrong reasons in the first place! (At least when I put this goal in.) Now that I’ve got that straight, I still want to study again, but I just need to figure out what.

So this can sit in the corner while I’m out and truly discovering what it is exactly that’s worth the time and money and effort of doing a masters degree on.

I’ve got a vision for what needs to be done…and now a target date! I’m shooting for Fall 2009! I’m 99.9% sure I want to pursue the area of General Psychology, too. That way, I can explore the different areas to see what I want to get my doctorate in.

I did quite a bit of research into different potential areas of interest. I went to a university I’m interested in attending (really the only one I’m interested in attending) and interviewed some professors and a current student. I was also able to obtain some resources to do further research about the areas. After yesterday’s meetings, I’m leaning toward doing a master’s program again. (There are several reasons why.) I also asked about volunteer research opportunities and they appear to be available. I’m encouraged and more focused about this. I’ll be meeting with the particular professor that’s in charge of the master’s degree I’m interested in, in a couple of weeks, too. It was a very productive afternoon. I’m encouarged by it and more focused on this goal after having done it.

leads in researching this goal a little farther today in an e-mail from a wonderful friend!

1. Reply to e-mail with information desired.
2. Create/send e-mails to get some meetings set up.
3. Come up with a list of intelligent questions to ask the different people I hopefully will meet with as a result of the above e-mails.

I won’t get to do this until I’m out of debt. But, that’s not looking so very scary any more. However, there have been efforts by some for me to pursue a doctoral program instead of getting a masters and having to repeat some classes. I’m thinking about that possibility.

Sherlock and I are going to meet at her office and I’ll be doing more research on this goal. :)

I’m not feeling so trapped with this goal now. The only real obstacle that I see after I get my GRE taken is the financial arrangements. (I refuse to go into further debt or create another major expense while I’m still in debt.)

I still don’t know what I want to focus in on at this point, but I think I have a better idea now. And, with a little networking that a wonderful person has offered to help me with, I should be able to get a better idea.