Let it begin

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So two conversations yesterday to get my head into this PhD thing.

The first one was with M.H. to get started on thinking about the PhD process. It was more conversations about topics, short on supportive process details. I guess that’s what I should expect – this is not about hand holding but way finding. It’s less about WHAT I need to do and more about HOW I need to think. The details will take care of themselves…. if I pay attention to them. I’m looking at all the scheduling and logistical factors while M.H. is sharing and stretching my thinking patterns. So, let it begin.

The second conversation was with a former colleague who heard through a mutual friend that I was embarking on this journey and he was interested to hear about where my thinking was. I was able to share where my thoughts currently circulate. He shared some course details about one of his current studies in the EdD program at Western University. So we shared perspectives, stories and some insights. It was an opportunity to talk but didn’t specifically open any new considerations other than the fact that this is going to warp my mind into new configurations and into areas that I don’t know I don’t know about. That’s the scariest insight gained, but so be it. I look back on the MET program and marvel at how it has shifted my ‘knowing and being’, so …. let it begin.

I may live to regret these words! I may reflect back in several years and marvel at these words.