Thursday, January 31, 2008

Divided Minds

The Bible says that a double-minded man is unstable in all his ways. I'm tettering right now. There is a couple of major decisions that MUST be made in the next few weeks.

I should be graduating in May with my AS in Computer science. Now, I work as a programmer, and an AS degree would be useful. My wonderful and loving wife has put up with about four years now of me being a part-time husband, since school demands so much attention. I am also tired of homework, tired of working 40 hours a week, coming home and helping with housework, and then having to stay up all night studying.

On the other hand, a bachlor's degree would be more useful, and to be honest, more respected. If I say, "I have an associeates of science..." most "educated" people say, "oh, so what" It's like saying "I finished the 8th grade, and it only took five tries!"

A bachlors is the minimum for most State jobs. Should I continue in school, and put my family out, or continue on to help out my family's financial situation?

One is intensly personal, intensly private and the details of which I'm not going to share. I've been asked to do something that, while I understand and agree with the rational arguments for doing so, my heart says something else. Basically, it's a decision between what I want and what would be better for someone else.

These decisions must be made soon (within a month or so), and I must live with the consequences for the rest of my life.

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