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Continuing Studies
Female, 21 years old
Hello,
I am one year and a half away from graduating from my Bachelor's Degree in English Linguistics and am considering whether to do a Master's Degree, or do a second Bachelor. I know the most convenient path would be the Master's, possibly with a PhD behind (depending on your goals). However, the reason why I want to do a second Bachelor is because there are many more things I want to explore and do. Studying language is very interesting, and there are various things I wish to learn about it, but there are other fields I would like to dabble in, as vague as that sounds.
My problem is that there are too many things I want to study, and I don't have the time nor money to do it all. Mostly because I want to do something that will help everyone, but at the same time there are things I want to do that make me feel selfish, such as becoming an illustrator or a writer. I know that art in general helps people in ways many still don't understand, but it still doesn't take that feeling away. I thought maybe it was because its a lonely path to take. As an artist of any kind, you would have to spend quite a lot of time with yourself, though as an introvert I don't mind... but at the same time its not good. As an introvert I want to come out of my shell more often and get rid of what I think may be social anxiety.
My plans for a Bachelor's Degree consist on going to Utah Valley University for their Illustration program, and maybe doing a double in Psychology, or Anthropology to complement my Art degree. I believe Psychology or Anthropology would be better options because they would help my art degree grow, but they are both quite different in that Anthropology focuses only on humans, while Psychology is considered more of a science and I find is broader.
I recently did my first cosplay however, and deeper in love with the theater aspect of art, especially costume making, and the university has a program for Theater with an Emphasis in Design and Production, so I don't know if I should leave the idea of Psychology/Anthropology for Theatre instead.
However, I also want to take some of their language courses, like Japanese and ASL, and gain some experience in filmmaking along the way as I am currently also doing a Cinematography certificate.
See what I mean? I'm scatterbrained. My thought process is all over the place and sometimes it overwhelms and tires me. Should I see professional help for this? I'm not quite sure since I've never gone to a psychologist/counselor/therapist before.
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Seeking professional help is not a bad idea. The college should have a counseling center that can guide you or even test you to see what you are best suited for. At this point in your education you should be studying for the subject in which you feel your life's work is in.
Once you have graduated with the best degree in that subject you need to succeed in that field and you have established yourself. Then these subjects can be explored through on-line courses or night college.
We never stop learning we just change the method in which we learn You learn on the job, you learn in formal settings you even learn through day to day activities.
I spent my entire sales career in sales and marketing and drove my National Sales Manger nuts. I was very successful but I was not the typical sales person. I was not motivated by money. I did not worry if I wrote an order today. I knew the orders where there to be gotten if ZI didn't write one today I would write two or three tomorrow. My concern was learning something new.
While most salespeople felt if the didn't write an order during the day then they were unemployed that day. My motto was if I leave home and returned without learning something new I wasted a day. There is always something new out there to learn as the world is a forever changing place. For you today it is psychology tomorrow it could be Theater.
Most important for today is to find what you are moist passionate about as that is the way you will earn your living.
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