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« on: March 02, 2009, 01:04:58 am »
My latest idea for "oh that seems like it could be my life path" is going back to school for a B.A. in Anthropology with a focus in Native American studies. I have absolutely no idea how to justify doing it, though, from a financial perspective. What I'd want to do would be in research and writing books, including children's books and comics, and building databases for translation and folk remedies and such. That means I wouldn't be any better off than I am now, financially, since I'm not going to be working for some big corporation doing that. I'd either be relying on grants or trying desperately to sell books. My best bet would be getting hired by a university as staff, but since I suck at public speaking, I wouldn't particularly want to teach.
But I could also get a Masters of Library Science or an A.A.S. in Computer Programming/Networks/Web Design/Security.
So far I already have half a B.A. in Architecture, a completed B.S. in Civil Engineering, an abandoned M.S. in same, and about a year in the US Army in training as a Military Intelligence Specialist (got out on medical). Successful follow through on a career is not my friend, apparently.
I'm in a major "I don't know what the hell to do" rut.