How I Changed My Life

Although, high school is not where I discovered my passion for children. Post graduation, I was concerned because I honestly had no idea what I wanted to do in life. The following summer I got a job at a Childcare Network daycare center. That job sparked my passion that quickly grew into the career dreams I am pursuing now. Currently, I am still employed at the same daycare center. This August will mark my fourth year anniversary of employment . I am funding my education by doing what I love! I also babysit frequently for several parents I have met through the daycare. This past month I was offered a position of employment at 10 Fitness. I am currently working at Childcare Network in the mornings and 10 Fitness in the evenings. I was hesitant to work somewhere not revolving around children and it is definitely been an adjustment, but I have now realized that taking this job has and will continue to assist me is numerous

My first day of summer vacation after 8th grade my sister informed me it was time to get a job. Reluctantly I followed her to the Tobin community center. The next thing i knew I was volunteering. I was taking care of kids, feeding them, taking them to the playground, setting them up for naps and organizing the facility. I realized if I can do this then I can work, it wasn't as hard as it seemed.

Graduating high school was an exciting time, but I felt lost. I wasn't sure of my career goals or what I wanted to accomplish at University. When I first decided to attend community college, I felt hesitant because I did not take the traditional route like my other classmates. However, community college was cheaper and would give me time to figure out the career path I wanted to take.

When I was in fifth grade, I had the realization that I wanted to study Psychology. It became such a prominent thought that by the time I was a freshman in high school I was one hundred percent sure that I would dedicate my entire life to expanding my knowledge on such an interesting topic. I was so deeply intrigued by how different every single person is and how it all boils down to every single thought they have. Sophomore year I suffered from severe anxiety. This further engraved the idea that I wanted to help people focus on their mental health and bring attention to how important it is. My junior year of high school I was able to take AP Psychology. I was shocked by how many different branches there are and how the endless possibilities

I remember all the meetings I had during my senior year. They were all suppose to help us prepare for college. All my friends knew what careers they wanted and what they wanted to be in life. Then there was me, I had no clue what career I wanted or what interested me. Knowing that, I was scared to even apply to a college. I was able to overcome the fear of attending college by talking to my 12th grade english teacher and forcing myself to apply to college.

Everyone has different intentions for going to college, I chose to attend in order to advance and gain new skills, to experience the college life, and discover God’s plan for my life.

College `wasn't always an option of mines. I've never really had an interest in pursuing a college dream. For most students college is their life. It's the only thing they look forward to after they graduate. But I only look forward to starting a life in the work field and making money to support myself. For me. Working

Don’t assume this is a silly question. A lot of students attend college every year without having a clear goal or purpose for their education. A telltale sign of this is when you see college students changing their majors,

As I sat in the desk as a high school freshman, I often wondered what I would be doing after high school graduation, I wondered where I would go to college and what I would major in. My peers at the time knew exactly what they wanted to do and where they would go to college but I often wondered whether or not I wanted to even go to college. I always thought that college was not for me and that I would not prosper in whatever I majored in. When I became a junior in high school, college started to become extremely stressed and the thought of college became easier to me.

I have always had a purpose when it came to my education. One of the first things I did when I started to think about my future was to consider what my goals are. My objective when I started school was to be in an area that was close to my husband’s job, so that made the decision easily for me. The primary function I wanted school to be for me was to open up opportunities to the medical field and study abroad opportunities.

I struggled with the idea of college from the beginning, even more so when it actually came down to picking one and signing the paperwork. I applied to just three schools: Grand View University, University of Northern Iowa, and Wartburg College. I worried that my horizons were limited because some of my peers seemed to spend every spare moment filling out applications for colleges and scholarships. I knew not what I wanted to do or how well I would transition from high school to college and independent living.

When I decided to go back to college my first thought was to major in Psychology and become a Drug Addiction Counselor. Once enrolled into my first semester of classes that decision changed, not because I did not like or was not interested in psychology. My goals for my future changed because of the time frame and the job availability for this field. I learned that most of the jobs available in this field required a PHD, I still feel that psychology should be required for every field of study.

I like to myself agnostic, even though I was brought up to be Jewish my whole life. I would like to start from the very beginning. My father was brought up reformed Jewish. My mother’s parents are Jewish even though she was not brought up Jewish. When my mother became older her religion became a lot more important to her, and by association it would be forced to be important to me.

I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once. I don’t really know when it exactly happened, but somewhere in between our intense eye contact and wiping my tears away as my walls came down that I spent years crafting, I crashed into you fully and never looked back.

As Sissie grew up she had flashbacks, the flashbacks of her as a young age until a teenager. That have been following her now that she has grown up.