A Craving to Learn

I'm restless. I'm getting bored.

This can only mean one thing: it's back to school time.

No, I'm not referring to my kids, who will be heading back to school come early September. I'm talking about me.

Yes, I want to go back to school for another degree...for no other reason than to learn, explore, and try out new avenues in life.

You see, I love learning. I love trying out new things and seeing what else I'm capable of. If an extended period of time goes by and I don't have that opportunity to keep on learning, I start to get bored.

I know it's kind of crazy, and to be honest, some people don't understand why I enjoy taking classes, reading books, and doing assignments. It's stressful and time consuming to them, so why would I want that? It can only best be described as a sort of craving I get. It's like exercise for my brain and an addiction perhaps to the expansion of thoughts and ideas.

Going back to school is stressful and time consuming for me too, but the bottom line is that I find learning to be infinitely valuable. I could pursue learning new things on my own without going back to school, but I figure that if I'm going to take classes and read up on this or that, then I might as well make it count towards a degree so I can apply what I learn elsewhere.

It's true I have a good career, and I'm one of the few people I know who actually enjoy my job. After all, I get to harvest beautiful minds and malcontents, and that is something that cannot compare to any other job in the world.

But there's a crazy idea I have in me too, that I want to step into other people's shoes and learn what they know, do what they do, see what they see. It's not about money or doing more or being better than anybody else; it is just simply wanting to experience everything the world has to offer. For example, I want to someday dabble in the health field and try out the business world too, among other fields.

A glimpse into another view of life, another way of the world.

A craving to learn.

I think I'm going to go for a Master's in Business Administration. See how that is.