If you could snap your fingers and have three credentials under your belt–complete with all the knowledge and capabilities completing such programs of study would bring, of course–what would they be?

Brainstorm a list of six or seven ideas. Then take a good hard look at that list and ask yourself which of them would truly make you happy–make you more you–as opposed to just being really impressive to others. Do you really need that medical degree from Harvard or that law degree from Yale?

Well, maybe you do! As for me, here’s what I might choose:

• A bachelor of music from Berklee.

• An associate’s in culinary arts from Le Cordon Bleu.
• A bachelor’s in creative writing from Emory.

What would you choose?