Promising Pitfalls
Although my journey at SDSU has been mostly positive, things cannot always be perfect. At times I got stressed about tests, finances, friendships, time management and more. However I always tried to remain positive and focused on the end goal, which was graduation. With school ending in less than two weeks I can look back and be thankful I never let anything hold me back or get in my way. I believe that is part of what leadership is about. Pressing forward and keeping our eyes on the prize even when we feel uncertain. You can't let isolated incidents slow you down. Things will always come up in life but its how we deal with them that dictates where we end up.
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My Long Distance HusbandIn order to attend SDSU full time I had to quit my job. My husband accepted a job in Palm Springs in order to subsidize our income and pay for tuition so we would not have to take out loans. For 2 years now we only spend a long weekend together. Although he has always traveled for work, we have never spent this much time apart so consistently. This has definitely been the hardest thing I have had to deal with my entire time at SDSU. Now that I'm graduating he is set to move back within the next 2 months. His time away has actually provided him some even better opportunities back in San Diego so despite the sacrifice and longing, we are both coming out better because of it.
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The OLDER studentWhen I enrolled in SDSU I was not concerned about my age. I had attended community college over the course of several years and there was always a wide age demographic. Once classes started at State I realized it was not the same case. 9 out of 10 times I was the oldest student in the class. If not thee oldest, then I was in the top 3 oldest. Even the teachers addressed the class like everyone was a kid who still lived with their parents. At first this made me a bit uncomfortable but I decided to get over it and just be myself. I didn't come to school to make friends anyways so I just focused on my studies. In the end, none of it mattered. Everyone at school has been so nice and inclusive that most of the time I feel like part of the gang.
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The Job HUntWhile I'm not letting it get the best of me, I am stressing on getting a job now. When school started I felt like I had all the time in the world to find a job and secretly hoped one would just fall in my lap. But graduation creeped up faster than expected and the time to get a job is now. I have applied at a few places and had an interview last week (fingers crossed) but mostly I am not finding positions that interest me that much. I have been advised to not hold out for the "perfect" job and just get in somewhere. At the very least it will add to my resume and experience. It is not so much of a financial burden but more of proof to myself that my time at SDSU was well spent and my decision to quit and go back to school was the right one. I haven't lost hope but I am feeling impatient.
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