School... but what?

 I need to go back to school. 

I keep coming back to it. 

I know I want to be able to teach anthropology, folklore, religion, maybe literature. But i'm not overly concerned with contemporary issues in those areas - I'm more interested in learning about what exists and then teaching the foundations. 

I keep bouncing from subject to subject... so why pick?

What I need is a masters in interdisciplinary studies. (Anthropology & Literature as primary 2; Religion and Folklore can be worked in there additionally as needed or through those 2 veins)

Now I find that most have limitations; these are some that I think could be possibilities:

•  https://osuonline.okstate.edu/programs/graduate/interdisciplinary-studies-master-of-science.html 
• all online
• about $18K if I do the non thesis option. about $16K if I do the thesis
• does not seem to have a limit on the disciplines mixed
• 32 credits
• Looking through the course list and there is not much related to what I want to study. 
• https://online.ua.edu/degrees/ma-ms-in-interdisciplinary-studies
• all online
• I will know more after speaking with an adviser
• https://www.uncg.edu/degrees/applied-arts-and-sciences-m-a/
• next to no info on the website; however 2 disciplines: Humanities and Social Science
• May be the easiest to get into 
• https://degrees.apps.asu.edu/masters-phd/major/ASU00/ASINTERMA/interdisciplinary-studies-ma?init=false&nopassive=true
• next to nothing is provided other there are 4 mandatory classes and 18 credits open for anything - to be planned with an advisor. 
• No Anth classes as all. 
• https://www.usd.edu/Academics/Graduate-Programs/Interdisciplinary-Studies
• very interested in this one. Not any folklore or religion courses but I could see doing some independent studies and making something kind of like my anth of religion class from undergrad or  motherhood of god class. I could basically do my own curriculum in that field. Lots of options there and it would be predominantly research. I would basically act as if I was going to teach a class on that subject and do all the research and notes... then turn it in as my class lol. I could write probably about 100 pages of notes (not in paragraph form). 
• Also has adult education as one of the disciplines I can pull from... so while I won't be able to do any internships or teaching assistantships.... I can take classes on teaching. 

Most of these are 30-36 credit hours; 10-12 classes. That is easily split into 2 years if I take 3 classes a semester (which is full time for grad school). 

My current job is the best job I could have while going back to school. I get home anywhere between 4-6 everyday. I go to bed about midnight. that leaves a solid 4 hours (lets face it. I'm going to need a few hours to decompress) to work on school, plus weekends. 

I don't have many friends - I can count on one hand the number of friends I have made and I see each of them maybe once every other week at most, so I could maintain that. Plus school would keep me so occupied I wouldn't have time to be lonely. Plus if I am literally picking my classes and designing my degree it will be atuff that I am interested in and nothing gets my heart and mind going like learning things I am interested in. 

And from there I will look into PhD's. but for now I need to orient my life back to what brings me joy. I need to get out of business and into academia. I have to. I will not be satisfied until I am and I need to find that joy again. Forget "practicality". It does not bring JOY or PASSION...and without that... its not living. Its just surviving. I want to LIVE. 

Alternative; more practical degree that sort of plays off of my current masters:

- https://www.goucher.edu/learn/graduate-programs/ma-in-cultural-sustainability/mission-and-outcomes

In the rare chance that I manage in in person school this would be a good idea:

- https://cfs.osu.edu/programs/graduate-options/gis-graduate-curriculum

While I do my PhD... I could work as an adjunct professor. (They get paid SO poorly though so I will definitely need a roommate no matter where I live at that point in my life. unless I can get a stipend for living expenses) - I could pick an area of focus for the PhD... or I could do another interdisciplinary study.

• https://grad.berkeley.edu/program-options/interdisciplinary/
• https://socialthought.uchicago.edu/
• https://grad.msu.edu/interdisciplinary-graduate-study
• https://louisville.edu/humanities/graduate/phd