Decisiveness

mmmm, 17 inch monitor. I’m liking this. Better than my 15 anyway, although it doesn’t seem quite as sharp as my old one.

Ah well, that’s not why I’m here.

I’ve decided what I want to be when I grow up. I want to be a psychologist. I’ve sat down and compared that with being a musician or an animal behaviorist. I compared school requirements, I considered long-term and made my decision.

I had decided I wanted to be a psychologist my sophomore year and took a class called “Introduction to Psychology” in high school. I enjoyed it more than any of my other classes and yes, I even dropped band to take it that year. That’s a big thing for me lol. Sadly I only got to take half of the course because I switched to a school that wasn’t cool enough to have an Introduction to Psychology course.

There are a lot of reasons I’ve wanted to be a psychologist but the biggest reason is that I have hated most of the psychologists I’ve been forced to see over the years. They were annoying, presumptious and blantantly lied to me on more than one occasion. Most of the liers were actually psychiatrists but whatever. The psychologists I’ve met in my life that were cool were really cool and those are the psychologists I’d want to be like. I must say that a certain psychologist I’ve met here on OD has definatly rekindled this desire in me. She’s one of those really cool psychologists. You rock Cyn. 😉

I thought about it more today and I think I might want to specialize in Autism in adults and/or people with AS or other neurological disorders simply because that’s something close to me. I wouldn’t want to only deal with autistics but I’d definatly want to get the word out there that I understand adults with AS and stuff. Far too many psychologists only really deal with Autism and AS in children, adults need help and an understanding ear too. From the people with AS that I’ve talked to it definatly seems there’s a need for more psychologists to deal with their issues.

This certainly isn’t something I’m going to jump right into today. I’m not going to start applying for student loans right now and try to get going this fall or anything crazy like that. If all is going well I would like to start soon. I’m only 22 so I’ve got time. Of course, since I need to work there’s no way I can do this in the “typical” amount of time, but I’m not worried about time so much. I’ll start taking classes when I can, the community college hubby is attending has a decent psychology department and I’ll just take things that will transfer to somewhere like UCONN.

But I’ve decided for sure and right now that’s more than I’ve done in 4 years so it’s a start and I feel really, really, good right now.