Yes, Anne, I am loving the academic part. I had a long career in PR/Communications which I can no longer do because of my illnesses (tried to go back to it last year but failed spectacularly, although I am glad I took that path and sorted out that I couldn't do the work anymore - it is intrinsicly stressful and deadline driven - high egos - including mine!! lol)

I am taking a totally new tack with the study I am doing now - Sustainability and then Conservation and Environment. My previous studies and career will not be wasted with this as community engagement, education and behavioural change were all part of what I did before. But I'm in a particular midset about what the course means to me - it's not yet another grand, mania driven approach to study, work and thr future. I'm doing the study as an end in itself - rehab from the depths I have been in and all I have lost, intellectual stimulation, class time with students and lecturers when I move to the town the Uni is in, self estem building by slowly plodding along and learning something new and the simple self esteem building acts of getting the study and assignments done. It's already lifted my self esteem. In AA we say, "Self esteem comes from esteemable acts" and this certianly applies to me doing the course.