Ready To Make A Change

Hello Everyone I finally took the first step to drastically changing my life. I began the application process for a museum studies program at a local community college. It's a good way to gain entre into a profession I've long desired to work in. Museums are my happy place, unlike a certain local department store. Don't get me wrong, I'm grateful to a have a job and for the people I work with. It's just I need more in my life. I need something that will give me the stability and security that comes with a career-type job. Museum employment is one place that offers that. It's not hard for me to imaging going to work everyday in a place dedicated to art. I have no illusions that all is paradise, people are people who have their own agendas. The appeal for me is it feels like a second home, albeit a home with beautiful things that tell stories. Why wouldn't I want to be there. I'm sure the work is equally banal but I have more of a passion for art, in all of its glorious forms, than I do processing returns all day. Museums offer me a look at what's possible when the creative mind and talent are unleashed. I love being around creative people because they inspire to just relax, let go, and do something. Working in customer service is fine for padding out my bank account but it leaves so unispired. I never envisioned it as something long term but I finally want to do something that makes that grander vision I have for myself happen. So if going back to school is the best way to make it happen, then so be it. A community college is a great way to get back into academia without the long term committment of another graduate program. I looked into a getting a second masters degree in museum studies but decided it wasn't for me. I simply don't have the energy or the time to commit fully to it. Also, I want to continue working and, in order to fully participate in graduate school, I would probably need to quit. Not that I don't toy with the idea on a daily basis but doing quitting without a backup plan would be a disaster. That doesn't mean I won't continue to look for a job away from retail. All it means is that I have to be pragmatic about the situation. I am confident that this'll be a good thing for me. Retail can be fun and challenging but it's not my grand passion. Art is what moves me.