Anyone can do anything if they set their mind to it. It usually is the first steps that are the hardest, whether it is losing weight or starting a career. Most people are searching for happiness. They’re looking for it and are trying to find it in someone or something outside of themselves. That’s a fundamental mistake. Happiness is something that you are, and it comes from the way you think. There are two types of people in the world. Those who think they can, and those who think they can't, and we are all one of them! You are the decider of if you can or if you can’t. If you think you can then you will be able to; but if you think you can’t then you won’t.
“Believe that you can,
And you’re half-way there!”
-Theodore Roosevelt
This brings me to the paths in life that I have chosen. All my life I have been pushed towards this and that. I’ve been told this is right and this is wrong. People can give you advice and try to tell you how to live your life all they want. But in the end it’s about what YOU want. This whole college experience of growing up and being on my own has taught me a lot about life. My parents have had an influence on everything I have done in my life so far. They are great examples to me and I love them dearly. Going to college was always a given for me. I have been taught to go for the gold in life. Throughout school I have always had good grades. My dad was disappointed if I even had a B. I think he always expected more of me than I can give. He has always had high expectations for me, which is a complement, but at the same time hard to live up to. I have always wanted to go into cosmetology. It has been a goal since I was a little girl sitting on the bathroom toilet watching my aunts get ready and having them teach me how to do my own hair and makeup. My dad never really agreed with me on this. To this day he thinks I should be a lawyer or an optometrist. Which I probably could do, if I was dedicated and loved/enjoyed it enough for a lifetime career. So for my first semester of college I tried things his way. I dropped my cosmetology class right before school and enrolled into generals. Anatomy had always been my favorite class in high school, so I figured why not take Anatomy/physiology in college. Well it was a mess. Between juggling 3 jobs, the SUN Center, and Cheer there was no way it would have ever turned out good. I was so stressed and unhappy at that time. I ended up dropping the class after receiving straight D’s on all of my tests. 30 hours of studying a week wasn’t cutting it. I finished the semester with the rest of my generals I was taking. I instantly knew that that lifestyle wasn’t for me. So this semester I am in a Nail Tech class. So far I love it (: as for my dad he still doesn’t agree. But I already am so much happier and sure on the decision I have made.
“Faith is taking the first step
Even when you don’t see the
Whole staircase.”
Martin Luther King Jr.
I still plan to get my associates of science along with my cosmetology license. But as for now this is where I see happiness in my future and am looking forward to every second of it. There is room to grow and change in life no matter what point in your life you are at. Life is too short to be unhappy. Money isn’t everything if you are not happy. Always put your happiness first and things will seem to always go the right way. You will be happy and those around you that you are influencing in your life will be happy as well.
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