I Tried Something New…And Did It Work?

You know the old saying: try, try, try again? I tried something and did it work? Weeellllll……

It sort of did and sort of not. Let me explain. On a previous blog (click HERE for the link), I shared that I went back to school to update my skillset so I could work toward a better job, better pay, and you get the picture. I think I did pretty good, but you know what? It was much harder than I thought! I have not done college since the late 90s, and a lot has changed!

For instance, everything is online now. Sure you can go in person, which I did not, but I am sure they use computers in classroom, just like high schoolers do. Not only that but did you know it is hard to contact your teacher? Even though we live in such a busy digital age, where we can communicate so much more, like email, text, call, snail mail or other type of messaging, yet, I still had to wait for a response from a teacher regarding an assignment I was trying to accomplish. It was hard to wait! Plus I was frustrated often due to the challenge of the assignment and not being in a classroom. I wished I chose to go to a college instead of online. I need that teacher interaction during class time which would have been helpful for my assignments instead of waiting for an email, whether I understood the email message or not.

But I did muddle through, worked on my classes the best I could, and even had to drop some as it was too much for the semester. I like to create a balance, kind of like a “work balance” in my life, where I can still have a “life” to live, meaning other things I like to do outside of school. Such as writing here, taking photos, travel or paddleboard when I could or something else fun, not always WORK, WORK, WORK!

After attending college for a year, did I finish and how did I do with this something new?

I decided I am done with college. No, I did not finish to earn a certificate like I was hoping to achieve. So many thoughts I could share here! While I am grateful for the opportunity to return to school, even at my age, I thought long and hard whether I wanted to attend again. I have about another year to finish. My husband is super supportive of whatever I do, but he was concerned about my frustration with the assignments and keeping my grade up. I was in the honors roll, not really trying for it, but keeping my grade up was important to me.

To sum it up, life is short. I miss traveling. I know we will not return to fulltime rving again, but I still have that deep desire to travel outside of my home state. I am currently volunteering so to boost up my resume, especially with work towards what I REALLY want to do in a job.

Do I regret going back to school?

Nope! I tried something new and it worked out differently than I expected, but I am hopeful I will be a success wherever I go!