Okay, wow. Its almost the end of February and this is my first 2013 post...clearly I put off posting here. Just wanted to throw out a quick update for you guys. (If I still have any readers that is haha.) 2013 has been kind to me thus far so that's been nice. But other than that I have nothing to say about this not so new year haha.
Somewhere towards the end of 2012 and the beginning of 2013 I officially decided what I want to do with my psychology degree. As you all should know, I have this thing with the show Criminal Minds. Its just very interesting to me. The reason I have this obsession with this show is because I have this thing for murder and other such crimes in general and I always have. I mean, when Elizabeth Smart was kidnapped I had to be about 10 and I remember I wanted to help find her. I looked all over the place everywhere I went for clues and came up with different scenarios for what could have happened based on what I found and thought was evidence. Fast forward a few years and I was watching those shows kind of like Dateline and Snapped that talked about different murder cases. I still watch any real life crime show I can get my hands on! Years later when I was in high school, I asked my dad what I could do in the FBI with a psychology degree. He said I could be a profiler. I had no idea what that was. I researched it and still didn't get it. One day, I was sick and had nothing to do but watch TV and a Criminal Minds marathon was on. There was nothing else on and it had the word criminal in the title so I figured it would be perfect for me. That was when I learned what a profiler was. A seed was planted and I became obsessed. After looking into what it takes to be a profiler, that dream was crushed because you have to get into the FBI and to do that they recommend being a police officer and I don't really want to do that so that went out the window. This semester I am taking an abnormal psychology class and in that class my professor mentioned something about a forensic psychologist. I looked it up and its basically what I have always wanted. You get to be a psychologist for criminals! And, you may occasionally get called onto a criminal case of some kind and construct a psychological profile. Talk about cool! Its like being an FBI profiler without needing to be a cop and without all the danger! Needless to say, I am ready to be done with school and start right now!
