study

I think I have decided to chuck in my masters. DOH!

I’ve been at it now for just over a year, and looking back I’m not sure I remember enjoying any of it. My course is research only so I spend a lot of time on my own. I’m not really sure what I expected from my supervisor and in fact I’m not really sure what support a supervisor is supposed to provide. I didn’t meet with him very often and most meetings he was late or had to wrap it up early, he never really gave me feedback on any work I gave to him, except “yep this is good”. Even though I found my topic interesting, I was never really passionate about it so I guess I didn’t really put in much effort either.

After I finished university the first time I lived in London and I never really thought of pursuing psychology as a career – I just wanted to have fun and not be tied to my job. All care – no responsibility!

Then when it came time to start my post grad study I didn’t really give much thought to what I wanted to do – I had always wanted to study neuropsychology so I rocked up to the nearest neuropsychologist at Melbourne University and said where do I start. My first and fatal mistake!

I’m not saying I’ve giving up on further study altogether, at the right time and with the right subject I’m sure I’ll get back into it – political science is looking interesting, particularly environmental or maybe even health policy – although I definitely no politician!!