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This isn’t “Journal Venting”, but I promised that I would share my victories as well so as not to be exclusively negative. No one wants to visit a blog that is “woe is me” all the time, which is not my intention. Things are hard right now, yes, but as I said in one of my previous posts, it’s important to celebrate the smaller victories as well.

For a little back story, before this year, I had not been in school for an extended period of time. Fifteen years, to be exact. I gave up on school in my late teens and when I couldn’t figure out how to go back by my early twenties, I had given up on the premise of going back to school. Especially in the United States where it just gets more and more expensive to get an education.

However, I promised a story of victory here. It started with my work coming up with a new program that pays for 100% of your schooling, regardless of what you want to major it. It sounded made up, the previous program had been reimbursement where you’d pay for the class upfront and then work would reimburse you if you passed. I asked a LOT of questions prior to committing to it. As you may have seen from previous posts, I’m going through a lot right now and adding in one more thing sounded like a really bad idea. However, I decided to take the plunge. 

I’ve been in college (doing online only schooling at the moment) for several months now. It’s still very new. I am only on my third class, but I’m passing with flying colors. I know the 4.0 GPA won’t stick forever, but it’s a great confidence booster and I’m so glad my professors give genuine feedback instead of the “cookie cutter” feedback. They give feedback that helps you grow as a student.

As someone who suffers from horrible anxiety, I must say that doing school as I feel like I can handle it has been huge for me. As long as I do everything needed by the end of the week, I get full credit! Going at my own speed and approaching things in my own way while being successful has been a huge confidence boost for me.

It’s one of the only things keeping me going right now. It’s the one thing that isn’t hard for me. It still blows my mind because I was awful at school when I was young, so I am sort of amazing myself that I am doing so well. I hope it continues. 

Thanks for reading!

:)

PS

Here's my before and after drawing. Done using pen on paper.

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