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!!!
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
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!!!
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Dani,
ReplyDeleteLove all the pictures on your blog. It helps me make the connection when I have a visual. It's a difficult decision to change your major but often a person doesn't know which direction they want to take until the journey begins. You sound like you've put a lot into this decision and so it should work out for you. I look forward to getting to know you as we work towards our goals. Talk to you later.