Little Bit-O Life

Just some more of my life :)

Journey to Success

I have had this goal of wanting to be in the helping professional singe I was a kid. When I started college and focusing on becoming a nurse I had many struggles through my community college experience. As I changed my major to social work those struggles became to lessen. I think it is partially because I now feel like I was meant for social work more than I was for nursing. Even though they are both jobs where you help people, they have different kinds of helping. When I moved away last semester to attend HSU I was excited and ready to really start my journey to success!!! But I know that there are some things that still get me down as I am working toward my degree. Some of those things include feeling like I am unable to keep up with the course work, misunderstanding instruction; some specific topic that will come up will be tough, and just down right frustration!!! I have found that if I form relationships within the course and feel that I can ask questions that I will be able to keep up. But as it is my first time ever doing online courses, I will have to work really hard on that. I also know that there are going to be certain topic that are going to come up in learning all the aspects of social work that are going to be hard for me to digest because of personal experiences. We all will encounter frustration many times through this journey, I think it is much easier for me if I get so frustrated to walk away from the activity for a bit and then come back when I am thinking more clearly. Because I know if I don't I will just want to give up! As I work my way to success I play the most important role in my excursion. I cannot be just along for the ride because it's my life and I have to take charge and drive!!!

I am a 21 year old female Humboldt State Social Work student that lives in Anderson, CA. I want to be a Social worker with the elderly becasue I am very close to my parents and grandparents. And one day when they are too old to take care of themselves I want to know that there are people out there that will advocate for them in whatever way they need. I strive to be the best person of my ability and work as hard as possible to get where I want to be in life. Sometimes that may mean that I have some bumps,  hills or mountains in the road, but I will always find a way to climb them with success!!! School is a huge priority in my life and I will do whatever I need to reach my goals.

Some other things about me: I am super close to my family and friends and would do anything in the world for them. I have an older brother, my dad and my mom, but she suddenly passed away in August 2011. So school and life ingeneral has been rough this past year. But I know I can get through it with her watchig over me. Well enough sad stuff, I love to swim, ride quads and dance! My favorite color is lime green and I love zebra print :)