When I was younger, I attended and acquired two "Degrees" from what I later learned were Degree Farms. They are places assigned to appear as legitimate Colleges, but regardless of what 'Degree' you acquire, you are not able to apply it toward any job within the field you studied. I learned this the hard way.
My local college in the past 3 months has been non-stop sending me pamphlets and letters. My mom has encouraged me to go for it as the only form of work I have currently is on a contract level. I've been avoiding it but holding onto the mail, even going to the website and looking through the classes available. It's a Community College. A McCollege we call it here. But it's legitimate. It would have been where I'd have headed to if I'd not chosen to work full time instead back in the day.
With this idling in the background of my brain, I had been on my usual time spent looking for more contract work when I stumbled on a series of job listings from my local FBI office. One of them was focused solely on psychology. I was curious, so I clicked and read through the post. Then I kind of felt a surge. Like a 'want'. I always assumed you'd be at a cut off age in your 20's to be capable to work either Military or Federal jobs, but that wasn't the case here. It required a Bachelor's, an actual one, in Psychology. I went and sat on the couch, practically vibrating with energy as I shared all this with my mom.
See, as long as I can remember I've always wanted to be some form of two things:
1. A writer
B. A psychologist
Anyone can be a writer. Especially now with the advent of Chat GPT, all you do is throw prompts in, edit off of it and self publish. Because unless you're genuinely good, you're never going to find a publisher to see past the bullshit. It just is what it is.
But a psychologist is different. It takes talent, work, hard work. No Chat GPT here. You have to be able to know people, know how people work, and want to help those people.
Do I plan on publishing a book one day? Absolutely. And by publish I don't mean self-publish. The concept of leaning on AI is still a foreign idea for me. It feels cheap. Like reading books on a Kindle instead of holding the physical copy in your hands.
But I did finally finish my application to my local College for Student Aid, and am utterly terrified but excited. College Student at 37? I guess so.
Here we go.
My local college in the past 3 months has been non-stop sending me pamphlets and letters. My mom has encouraged me to go for it as the only form of work I have currently is on a contract level. I've been avoiding it but holding onto the mail, even going to the website and looking through the classes available. It's a Community College. A McCollege we call it here. But it's legitimate. It would have been where I'd have headed to if I'd not chosen to work full time instead back in the day.
With this idling in the background of my brain, I had been on my usual time spent looking for more contract work when I stumbled on a series of job listings from my local FBI office. One of them was focused solely on psychology. I was curious, so I clicked and read through the post. Then I kind of felt a surge. Like a 'want'. I always assumed you'd be at a cut off age in your 20's to be capable to work either Military or Federal jobs, but that wasn't the case here. It required a Bachelor's, an actual one, in Psychology. I went and sat on the couch, practically vibrating with energy as I shared all this with my mom.
See, as long as I can remember I've always wanted to be some form of two things:
1. A writer
B. A psychologist
Anyone can be a writer. Especially now with the advent of Chat GPT, all you do is throw prompts in, edit off of it and self publish. Because unless you're genuinely good, you're never going to find a publisher to see past the bullshit. It just is what it is.
But a psychologist is different. It takes talent, work, hard work. No Chat GPT here. You have to be able to know people, know how people work, and want to help those people.
Do I plan on publishing a book one day? Absolutely. And by publish I don't mean self-publish. The concept of leaning on AI is still a foreign idea for me. It feels cheap. Like reading books on a Kindle instead of holding the physical copy in your hands.
But I did finally finish my application to my local College for Student Aid, and am utterly terrified but excited. College Student at 37? I guess so.
Here we go.
