Is degree / credential hoarding a psychosis?

[KayV]

Uh-oh, I may be in trouble.

I got my BA and first masters (MA) the old-fashioned way, paying for them with scholarships and assistantships. Then I got an Ed.S. with my job paying for it, then an MMT with my job paying for it, then a CTSP and board certification with my job paying for it.

I can't justify paying for anything else because our salary scale puts Ed.S. and Ed.D. in the same lane, but I still think about it. Then I remind myself how much I like not having student loans.

Then I think about it some more.