Confidence is Key

I am now about 80 hours into my externship and have two weeks left in this Media Writing class as well as two more months until I graduate with my associates degree. Hesser College has been a great experience and has given me much more confidence than I ever could have expected.

Currently, but especially right before I decided to go back to school, it has been very difficult to land a job. I feel the more and more education I give myself and the more I learn, the more chances I will have to get a job.

I know I have already touched on these subjects in prior blog entries, but I feel it is very important to stress just how important advancing your education can be. Not only do I want a career I can enjoy, I want to be good at it, and I want to be taken seriously.

I have given myself the chance to obtain some very healthy experience along with my education at Hesser. I am already seeing a difference in how I complete my work and even how I go about my business. I was a little on edge when I started to take classes. I was nervous and did not know what to expect. I honestly did not feel that going to school would even help as much as it is starting to show. Sure, I thought I would learn something and maybe I could get a good job, but although I knew what I wanted to do, I would never have thought I would have set myself up so well. I feel like I will have a good chance at success, and I am not as nervous as I once was.

I had to start over. I had to change who I was, and I had to think differently. Like I said before, it is hard to change who you are. It's probably the hardest thing to do. I have more confidence now and have more of a positive outlook on things, which is not to say I haven't been positive in the past. I have had my doubts at times where I did not feel comfortable in my own skin. I have had times where I got discouraged. I didn't know whether I could actually do this--complete school-- or ever be able to land the job that I have wanted when this is all said and done.

There are people at school helping me and pointing me into the right direction, either keeping me updated with jobs that may be available or asking me how I am doing. There are people who are assisting me on continuing my education at another school or giving me tips on how to land a job.

I have been applying for jobs. I have been trying to put myself out there to find a good situation to be involved with. Despite what I feel, I have put aside my ego. At one time, I was not good with criticism and did not like people telling me what I should do or how to go about doing things. But I have realized that people are trying to help me, and I need to improve myself by listening. I have taken criticism, I have toned down and I have built my confidence. I feel like I am so close to what I have been working toward. I have to stay confident and positive that my hard work will take me where I want to go. Confidence is the key to success; it is the key to making myself a better person.