When TV Shows hit home

I have been talking a lot about...well retirement and a little about my VISTA experience. But I haven't really touched on the whole reason for writing this blog: trying to figure out what to do after college!

Well, for a long time now, I've been worrying about my future, and the impact of the decisions I make today.  Having options such as the foreign service, working or starting a masters/ph D forces you to think about the whole picture. If I want to join the foreign service, do I do this now? Before I've completed a masters? How long would my time commitment be? Can I explore other careers before I pursue this option? Or will I be "too" old? Will I have kids while I'm in the foreign service or will I quit it before? Crazy questions huh? Deciding whether to do my masters now or push it out a couple years is just as difficult!

The continuing education question brings up a lot of things I'm unsure about. A lot of my friends and class-mates decided to continue studying. As a poli-sci major, there are some very clear pathways people have taken.  A couple friends will be going to law school, pursuing ph Ds, or continuing in poli-sci. I've been thinking that if I continue studying I don't want to learn more of the same, but I also don't want to go to law school.  This means all the options my friends are looking into are not going to be my path. At the moment, I think studying econ or finance would be interesting. The work I've started doing through VISTA has definitely steered my in this direction.

Well anyways - the reason this post is titled "When TV shoes hit home" is because of a character's decision not to go to law school.  In one of my favorite TV shows, Greek, the main character Casey decides to drop out of law school, because she realizes that's not exactly what she wants to do with her life.  Now you may be asking, what does that have to do with me? Well, the law school questions came up quite a few times during "future" discussions and while a law degree can be a great asset for any job, I don't think that should be the reason for getting it.  Practicing law does not appeal to me, and I've ruled it out, even knowing that it could open doors for me, because it just seems wrong to do something and spend so much money on something I do not enjoy! ... Casey's choice to go a different route really reaffirmed my decision for me and I am happy she did it. Especially for an ABC family TV show, it is quite bold to have the protagonist drop out of something! Thank you! for making it acceptable to go into politics without a law degree!