tossing ideas around with myself...

[sprinklethief]

so i've been thinking about going back to school, that's no surprise to anyone. but for some reason i've been dragging my feet to go to design school as i planned...

i dunno, i can't see myself burying myself in graphic design. the past few months i've been undergoing some serious self-assessment, trying to understand my illness, trying to figure out what i like, things about employment that make me happy and angry. i've come to the conclusion that it makes me happy to make others happy. like truly, if i make someone happy it is really rewarding to me, hence why i am always such a comedian. i also love to bury myself in my work, even in a freaking video game store i would work 12-16 hour days and love every minute of it as long as i was working hard...

i love to thickly apply myself to anything difficult. i love to solve puzzles and problems, get to the bottom of things, and often times wont rest until i do (just ask wyl, lol).

so the summery of all this is that i am seriously considering going to med school. i was thinking of becoming an anesthesiologist perhaps. it seems really challenging yet really rewarding in the fact that your job is not only to save lives, but to continue monitoring lives afterwords and making sure the life you saved stays there, heh.

but do i want to dedicate 8 years to school, residency and all that jazz? maybe... how will i pay for life? i dunno...

any suggestions?

Comments

[stylish-deviant.livejournal.com]

student loans dude...
other than that i don't have any suggestions...
but i think it's an awesome idea...

[matafleur.livejournal.com]

I'll ask my friend at work what she went to school for - she was only in school for a year +interning... but she learned all sorts of things + coding, and billing systems. I know it's not exactly what you were talking about... but I really, oddly enough, don't know much about it.

[matafleur.livejournal.com]

The girl at work attended the Akron Institute to be a Medical Assistant/ billing.
She was in school for about 9 months, did some interning also.
You can try to test out of certain classes, like English/Typing
Federal Loans and Grants helped her out
http://info.akroninstitute.com/?CLK=5032116151510166&

In the medical assistant classes you get to stick yourselves and each other with needles >_<

Have you thought about working with animals? You've got such a big squishy heart with animals....

[nemesisn72.livejournal.com]

Find a school with a good program and go talk to their financial aid office. You've got to qualify for some grants, and then you can try for loans. Brokescholar.com is good too, once you've enrolled. I've gotten grants from the weirdest places from them.

Go for it baby! :)