Ultimate goal: Dream Job

Areas of interest:

  • nutrition
  • teaching
  • media
  • music
  • writing
  • speech therapy
  • libraries
  • braaaaains.

Current skills:

  • baseline level of knowledge in Psychology
  • I type so fast, you can see smoke coming off the keyboard.
  • When you've written your opus, give it to me to proofread and edit. I'll make it a hundred times better.
  • Speaking of writing: My first draft is my last draft.
  • My memory is pretty amazing.
  • My customer service skills are pretty damn dazzling.
  • Everybody says they're a "quick learner". In my case, it's actually true.

Areas for improvement:

  • No knowledge of maths.
  • No knowledge of sciences.
  • Bilingualism is an asset that I don't have.
  • Easily frustrated.
  • Poor self-starter on projects like this.
  • Could have a deeper knowledge of a more well-rounded body of subjects.

How to improve in the long term:

  • back to school; take classes.

How to improve in the short term (with limited time and money):

  • Look for free classes online
  • Borrow textbooks from library
  • Practice websites such as Duolingo (there must exist sites like this for maths and sciences, too. Do research.)
  • Start practising meditation. No. Really.
  • Educational podcasts.

Potential areas of study:

  • ESL Teacher
  • Behavioural Science
  • Social Service Worker
  • Child and Youth Worker
  • psychometrics
  • speech language pathology
mar 31 2013 ∞
feb 12 2018 +