Survived my first week of classes

This is the Start of week two of classes and I am beginning to get into a flow. 

Week one required a mindset shift for me. The part of my brain that needs to focus on reading is different than the part of me that enjoys online discourse. 

Even the way I communicate in class has required a shift. 

So I drastically cut back on the amount of time I'm using social media. I hardly posted on Instagram. I'm slowly cutting back on X/Twitter usage. 

This will be my fourth time attempting college and I am determined to see it to completion this time. 

There is so much I want to do at the same time though! I will be 35 years old when I graduate and I don't want to be still deciding on a future career. 

I am grateful for social media because it's giving me ideas on what I want and don't want. There's an influencer who just got her master's degree in May and this month she decided to quit her job. 

Obviously there are a lot of things we don't see online but my takeaway is that I need to be intentional about my career. I don't want to be deciding after I get the degree. 

What does this mean? I need to seriously consider the job tasks and duties I want to do. Do I still want to be doing bookkeeping? Do I want to be an enrolled agent able to do taxes? 

Most importantly I want to decide now if I'm willing to get a career or if I will rely completely on my business. 

The next four years will be full of deep thinking and contemplating.