Investing In Myself

Hello Everyone:

A damp day for me.  Fortunately I was able to get in a run and do my errands before it started raining, more like sprinkle.  Nevertheless, it's still pretty gray and damp.  It doesn't bother me.  I decided to fill out a couple retail job applications.  I figure I could do that so I can get the funds I need to do the things I want to do.  One of those things is possibly go back to grad school.  I was thinking about it this morning during my run.  I'm still not sure what I want to focus on.  I was recently blogging about communities that take it upon themselves to fix up their neighborhood as a way to curtail crime.  It sounds like a good subject, one that I can incorporate a historic preservation element.  I go back and forth on that subject.  I can't settle on what to do my thesis or dissertation on and whether or not I want to go back.  I know I want to focus on urban planning and design but what specifically and why is another story.  Stuff I think about on my run.  So I figure if I get a bill paying job I can decide what's next.  One thing that does appeal to me is writing about the intersection between architecture, movies, and music et cetera.  I wrote about detective novelist Raymond Chandler's use of Los Angeles in his books for a class in grad school.  It's a fun exercise that let's me indulge myself a little.  Truthfully, I kind of like those writerly indulgences.  A nice break from the serious academic stuff.  Could I make a living from it?  Maybe.  I have a public forum or two to get the word out.  However, a paying job let's me invest in the tools I need to do what do.  Speaking of which, I need to stop, go home, and recharge the Bluetooth keyboard.