Re: need to talk

[Guest guest]

Hi maryruth;

If you got yoru degree with the lesser fulfillment resulting in non

licensure could you still go back later when you are feeling better? If you

told your significant other that was the plan then its not quitting. Its

taking a break.

I agree about the debt thing. Its hard to pay off that much. I know

because I did it. It can be done but it takes a lot of work and time. You

need a serious budget and to stick to it.

I would take a break I think. You sound exhausted and if you can go to work

and pay off some debt then be your own counselor and do what you know is

right for you. If your papers are coming out dijointed that is a sure sign

that you need a break and some health issues cleared up. Brain fog is

common to fibro¹s. I¹m not sure I could do papers anymore myself. I wonder

sometimes.

Good luck maryruth.

rosemarie

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> You know that I am in school online working on my Masters in MH counseling.

> Last quarter I almost quit but decided I was too close to finishing to quit.

> I had my first residency two weeks ago. I made it through pretty well other

> than being extremely tired. I slept most of the next two days afterwards.

> Then I flew home Tues. I slept the next two days half the day.

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> I turned in some assignments last week. Yesterday I received them back

> telling me to redo them. My writing was disjointed, etc. I am a writer. And

> I am good also. BUT, when doing research for a paper I can not hold a

> thought in my head longer than two minutes. LOL. No wonder my writing is

> disjointed. I reread but do not catch this. I reread several times.

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> Last night I remembered that when I signed up there was a program offered

> that was shorter but did not end in licensure. I thought maybe I have

> completed the classes for that level without worrying about any more. Maybe

> I can just finish with my Masters without the licensure. Of course, that

> will limit the jobs I can apply for. Right now, I am physically unable to

> work full time anyways. The ideas I have for my business do not require that

> I be licensed.

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> I do not know if any of that makes sense. Nothing makes sense to me these

> days. I would appreciate any ideas/suggestions. I keep thinking of the debt

> I am acuumlulating that I will not be able to repay since I will not be able

> to work full time. Right now, I am over $40,000 in debt in student loans. I

> still have another 1 1/2 yrs to go which will be another 23,000. Yikes!! How

> will I ever repay that?

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> I can't talk to my partner about this since he wants me to go on to get my

> doctorate. He would have a cow if he knew I was considering quitting as soon

> as I get the basics done. I am tired. I am ready to be done with school so I

> can start applying my degree to something.

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> thanks for listening and any ideas,

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