Nice one: I am a 38-year old college drop-out whose childhood dream was to become a psychologist like my grandfather. Right now, I am a librarian at a city library who moonlights on the side as a life coach. I enjoy my day job, but my life coaching gig is the work that really moves me – it gives me a chance to indirectly dabble in psychological counseling. This side gig has started to gain traction, and several of my recent clients have told me that I would have made a great medical psychologist. But if I go back to college and get my degree, then go to graduate school, then complete my internship and dissertation, and finally begin my own legitimate psychologist/counseling practice, it will take me almost eight years from today. And, in eight years I will be 46 years old! I’m trying to decide what I want to do. Do you have any thoughts or advice for me? Sincerely, Xxx reply: Dear Xxx, Sometimes asking the right question is the answer. Therefore, we have one for you: In eight years from today, how old will you be if you don’t do it? Remember… As Kurt Vonnegut once said, “Of all the words of mice and men, the saddest are: “It might have been.” Forget the past. Forget your age. Today is the first day of the rest of your life. At the end of it, let there be no excuses, no explanations, and no regrets.
Posted on: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 14:29:49 +0000
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