The Beginning

Photo Credit: Me

And so it begins.

To be quite fair, I have no idea what I’m doing. I’m nervous and overwhelmed with a dash of excitement thrown in. I am completely switching my career path, and while it hasn’t been that long since graduating with my Bachelor’s (5 years), I feel as though I’m at some sort of disadvantage from those who are still in college or have just graduated. But… it can’t be that hard to get back into the swing of things, can it?

Granted things are different this time. I’m working a full-time job while also attending graduate classes full-time. I have more bills to pay and budgeting to track as the hunt for my own place is becoming more lucrative. I’m trying to form my own identity at work and at home while building interpersonal skills that most others learned years ago. Time goes by much faster, days seem shorter, and the ripe age of 30 is inching closer and closer.

There is a bit of sadness in this new path as well. I thought I would be all set by this point in my life in terms of my career. Having my own classroom, developing enticing lesson plans, fighting for my students’ IEP needs, and just fully enjoying going to work every day. That dream has come and gone and while there are many factors contributing to that (such as an extremely competitive job market and my disdain for the treatment of education in this state and country), I have to remind myself to not dwell on that but to use that energy to move forward. I have to move forward.

So here I am. And so it begins.