More than a week has passed and I have done very little. A few days ago I started writing down where I want to go and how an MBA would help in the process.

Looking back, I had planned on getting an MBA somewhere down the line while I was a sophomore in college, because I knew that I would eventually be running a business, either my own or a joint venture. However, naive as I was, I did not think much about what I would want from my MBA itself. All I knew was it would teach me what not to do while running a business.

As I entered grad school and later when I joined the workforce full time, I started thinking more about what I wanted to do and how business schools fit into the picture.

Now, with all the exposure I have had to industry, the non-profit sector and government, how I run my company is as important to me as anything else. What I want from a business education has changed so much from the last time I thought about it, that it makes me wonder whether I should expose myself to more of the industry. Would my needs change considerably if I worked for two more years ?

I am trying to find a compelling answer for "why now?" and all I can come up with is "why not now?". Although I am sure that the next two years would provide me with far less insight into my profession and industry than the last two and that the managerial opportunities are scant, I feel that this is the wrong way to think about it.

The most important reason for me is that I want to change careers and that should be reason enough. Ah! I am rambling at the fag end of a long day.

Later ...