Specifically, should this lawyer do it?
It’s been on my mind for awhile. Online MLIS programs at some schools make it possible to do this without moving to another city or state.
Am I too old? Could I be admitted? Would it be a waste of time and money if I were? What would I do with an MLIS degree if I earned one?
Comments are invited.
My advice–having being liberated now for nearly three years–is to do what you’ve always dreamed on doing. If that dream is to get your MLIS, then, hell, do it. Who knows what might develop from that achievement.
Of course, my other advice to those who may soon be liberated is to keep moving–body AND mind. No, you don’t have to equal my 6.5miles per day (running, walking); no you don’t necessarily have to write novels. But–and I’m sure you know what I mean–you gotta keep moving.
:-] George
Sorry, “…dreamed OF doing.” I’m trying to listen to CSPAN’s coverage of Dubya’s machismo before the UN today.
I gave you my take on it earlier today: Does it make your skin vibrate with excitement? If yes, do not hesitate. If no, run far, far away. I think this place you’re in right now – the searching phase – is absolutely the most important part of any transition. I think too many people rush this part, and then wonder why they float from thing to thing. It took me two years (more, really) to come to grips with knowing what I wanted. You really have to give yourself permission to know that – or at least I did. You’re far more evolved than I am so it should take you a much more reasonable length of time.
My mom got her MLIS at 55 or so, and she is a school librarian and loves it.
As to being admitted – why not? Age is not nearly the barrier to going back to school most people think it is, and in some ways, it makes it easier. (Of course, those all-nighters don’t work anymore, but, eh, those are overrated anyhow
Do what makes you happy
Thanks for all the encouragement and feedback!