College... Was it a total waste of time?
- Jun 7, 2020
- 3 min read
After graduating high school, I was awarded a 4 year scholarship to any school in Florida. Now with my background college was never something I thought would happen. I mean sure I was "smart" and all but did I have the financial requirements to do it. That was a hard no! But then BOOM! Just like that I was telling my parents I will be the first one to go to college and start breaking these generational curses. Now I start here because, it's important for you to see how hopeful I was not to say I'm still not hopeful, however, things have been looking gloomy. #QUARINTINE2020
So I went to college about 250 miles away from home and decided I want to be a doctor, then a surgeon, then a Veterinarian. Eventually I went back to doctor. I followed the Pre-med track and graduated 5 years later. Now there are plenty of stories I need to discuss during that period in my life, because it definitely shaped me to the crazy, talented, beautiful woman I am today, but for now lets re-focus.
Now upon coming home from graduation I would like to describe it as a moment of euphoria. I had did something that no one in my immediate family has done. And for the next 2 to 3 years I stayed stagnant and did not thing with my bachelors degree in Biology! Now at this point I was making decent money at a Cardiologist office, however I was still living at home. My sister had graduated RN school. I could not have been more proud. I remember my aunt telling me you could be a nurse too. I thought to myself "Definitely not". Now I wasn't knocking nurses, I just thought I would be a doctor. Then I thought why not a Physician Assistant? Well long story short I applied and didn't even have all the classes to get in. #bigfail #4yeargraduate #ihaveadegree and why am I not using it?
One day in my office I was talking to a nurse practitioner and she asked me why I was just the doctor's surgical coordinator when I can be so much more. Now this was the first time i had met this woman and spoke to me as if she knew everything about me. She said "you have such a powerful and strong mindset, you would be great in the field of nursing and there are so many possibilities." For the next couple of days I couldn't stop thinking about it and I thought to myself. Why haven't I done what I needed to do? I have a degree I'm not using and after working with a doctor for so long I realized this is not the path for me, so why not try nursing? And BOOM! Just like that I decided to call my sister and tell her I'm going to apply for nursing school. Within a matter of weeks, I got accepted and a whole new life began!
So here is the big take away from this I went to college, away from home I might add and I got a degree that I'm not really using. Now I'm in nursing school getting an associates degree and starting all over again. Does that mean college was a complete waste? Do I think people look at me and question what I'm doing with my life (big yes!). Am I going to change my mind again? Listen, you are allowed to change your mind and its okay if you don't know what your doing... who really does? I wouldn't say college was a complete waste of time, I mean I did get this pretty rad diploma hanging on my wall and at some point I may do something with it, or maybe not. But it is what I choose. College wasn't just about earning a diploma, it taught me life and for that I will always appreciate it.
Comments