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One of the hurdles adults may face when considering going back to college is the time commitment involved.

But the wealth of college programs specifically for adult learners means that you might be able to graduate in as few as two years—or less.

Arena Dixon of Clarksville, Tenn., is a single, working mother of two. She wasn’t sure she’d ever be able to finish her degree.

But she found a program that allowed her to complete her degree in a reasonably short amount of time. While browsing the web, Dixon found a website that introduced the Bachelor of Integrated Studies (B.I.S.) in Organizational Communication program at Murray State University’s Hopkinsville Regional Campus.

Short courses, evening courses and online courses meant that students could complete the program in as little as 16 months.

Read more of her story here.

How long will it take you to complete your degree? Search for your perfect match today!

“Change has a considerable psychological impact on the human mind. To the fearful it is threatening because it means that things may get worse. To the hopeful it is encouraging because things may get better. To the confident it is inspiring because the challenge exists to make things better.” —King Whitney Jr.

How do you view going back to college? Are you fearful, hopeful or confident?

For many adult learners, going back to college is a relief. Especially if you’re taking the first steps to finish something that you already started years ago.

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Good luck!

When work is tough, when our babysitter canceled, when money’s tight, when our classes are hard, when tuition seems like the last thing on Earth we want to pay for…

When what sounds like a great country song turns into the life we’re living, we can easily blow things out of proportion. Or at least make the challenges seem like they’re snowballing, creating problems that aren’t even really there.

We’ve all done it.

That’s why I especially love this quote I saw today and wanted to share:

“I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.” —Mark Twain

What a good reminder to take things as they come, not what might (or might not)!

Today’s post is an excerpt from the book Coach Yourself to a New Career: 7 Steps to Reinventing Your Professional Life (Copyright 2010, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.), by Talane Miedaner.

It’s a great reminder that we have the ability to create our perfect lives right at this very moment—regardless of our stage in it.

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If you are struggling to create the ideal life, then start with one ideal day. Write down what that day would look like from the moment you wake up in the morning to the moment you go to sleep at night. Be as detailed as possible.

One of my clients did this exercise and realized that he could live his ideal day right then.

When you’re done, see if you can expand this description into a full week or ideal days. Next: start incorporating as many elements of your ideal day as you can into your life right now.

If you want to wake up to a butler coming in with croissants and coffee, don’t let it bother you if you don’t have the butler yet—start with the croissants and coffee.

One of my clients who performed this exercise realized that the perfect way to start the day was to go outside on her deck overlooking beautiful woods with a hot cup of tea and a fresh-baked blueberry muffin and write in her journal.

She baked a batch of muffins and put them in the freezer, bought a journal, and got started!

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What would you do in your ideal day?