Further Study

Hmm, to return to university or not...

Colour Conference had a speaker, Dr Robi Sonderegger, a neuro psychologist. A funny, real, man, dad, clinical psychologist, excellent speaker and someone whom I could really relate to.

I wonder if God is stirring something in me, something that has been festering for SO long. When my #3 son was expected I went to a pre-uni degree in Psychology and Sociology - there were a couple of other subjects thrown in but they were two...

I didn't follow on with study because I'd two small kids at home, another on the way and we needed the money I could have been earning instead of studying with... I also felt that if I did Sociology I would become an anarchist and very anti government and if I did Psychology I'd become a nutcase! lol

So anyway, I've always had an interest in people, in how they work, how they think, learn, grow. In a way it's as if I don't have enough to keep my brain busy and want more from life. Then with Robi talking it sparked it as well as chatting with a friend of mine on facebook and in a way I can only counsel so much on my own and can only know so little on my own. Maybe I need to get more than just that...

So I have an opportunity to study. I have credits from courses done in work and can circumvent some of the more useless topics. Mind you I work full time in shift work and wonder how I'd fit it all in - even taking it part time, which of course is how it would have to be.

So, thinking Psychology again. Wondering how it all works in with work and where it would take me. I have time to do it I hope and not have to rush any decisions. The uni website said minium 2 years maximum 9. I've wasted two of the years since starting, but maybe it'll still work out...

Anyway, time to pray, prepare and allow God to fester the idea and plan to spend the money on the courses. Maybe now is the time to prepare for a huge step in a few years... Bring it on and watch this space!