I have never been a drug addict, but I have learned through documentaries and other reading that addicts spend a lot of their time just finding their next fix.  I wonder if there is such thing as an education addict.  I know this post may seem a little humorous at this point, but I am serious.  I am probably not the first person to be an education addict, and might not be the last.  Nevertheless, what constitutes “an education addict”?

I have spent the last three weeks or so coming to a few realizations –

(1) I am fairly burned out with school after going for six years straight with no meaningful break in between degrees

(2) I could very well have a workload with the new job that does not allow for another degree without one of them suffering in some respect

(3) If I get another degree, what would I get out of it?  Would it be worth the time invested?  So few people, including professors, have (maybe) three degrees

(4) I spend a lot of time thinking about “the end” that is coming up soon at Norwich and seem (for the most part) to be glad it is getting closer

All are signs that maybe it is time to put this thing to rest.  Maybe it is time to move on with life.

I just need to stop doing Google searches for “online master’s degrees”.  That would solve most of the problems I write about here.  However, I cannot seem to stop searching for the next level of knowledge.  Thus, I find the Online Master's in Organizational Leadership from Gonzaga University.

I look at the course list and my brain fires up much like the space shuttle does when it launches into space.  Leadership and organizational structure-type subjects are what I love to learn more about.  I have a small fortune that I have spent on books that are in queue to be read.  One at a time, I take them off the shelf.  Someday I’ll get through them.  Nevertheless, in the mean time, is another degree in my future.

Is there a 12-step program for this?