Things have been somewhat up in the air since I left school. A professor wants me to publish a paper, but I cannot get the motivation to go over it and improve it (I guess it doesn’t help that I am not totally interested in the topic.) First I was doing a thesis, then not doing a thesis, then doing a thesis. Then not. The professor I wished to supervise recommended that this is most likely not the best school to study what I want to study.

And I watched all three seasons of Lost. Most likely not the best for productivity.

So, my current plans are as follows. Forgo doing the thesis right now, because if I were to continue towards a PhD, I have been informed that it is not entirely detrimental to not have done one. However, I will spend the next year attempting to be published. And since my interests are lying along lines not of my department, this will entail giving myself a reading class and writing a paper on my own time.

Professionally, I have decided to end school for now after I graduate next year. I cannot think of applying to PhD programs for December, because my interests have changed so much over the last year, it is possible I wouldn’t continue in Information Studies. Regardless, I want to get that second masters, and working in the library first at a University will make this easier. And after getting settled, I can go from there.

So, after about three weeks of not having a concrete plan, I have one. Now that the abyss of anxiety is over I can get back to work.