Back To School…

“Sat up in my bed
turned my alarm off
As I looked at the time What the F**k!!
It’s already 6:30!!!
Awwwwww!!”

I do this every morning, but the other morning I had an epiphany of sorts. I realized I need to go back to school. Not because of waking up early, I would do that regardless, but because I’m waking up early to go to work for someone else when I could be waking up early to work for myself.

I have been to college before, but left after 2.5 years. See, I was looking at my situation instead of past it. If I looked past it I would have seen that I was halfway through and if I held out a little longer then I would have been done and free to do whatever. At the time I didn’t have the insight that I do now, obviously. They say hindsight is the best foresight right?
the glass seemed half empty instead of half full. At the time I felt like Kanye. I felt that in those 2.5 yrs I hadn’t learned anything that I didn’t already know. Well, duh!! I wasn’t fully into my major yet. Maybe some of my classes weren’t the most informative but maybe that’s why they call them prerequisites, they teach you what you need to know for the next level. I was not getting that and wanted out.

So I dash off into the military thinking that if I don’t retire in the military the experience will count the same a college degree right? I mean that’s real life experience. Wrong!! While employers make sure that you know that they “thank you for your service” or “appreciate your service and sacrifice for your country“, I don’t think it sways any votes either way. without that paper to back me up, it doesn’t really count for much. Unless you’re trying to work security or some other government faction. Don’t get me wrong, I have gotten lucky and have had some prior military hiring recruiters to look out for me at jobs in the past but overall I don’t think it helped or hurt.

Anyway, so I hope to go back to school to not only finish my degree but make my mother proud. She sacrificed a lot to send me to school only for me to drop out without any kind of explanation other than “I’m just not feeling it“. School isn’t for everyone but I don’t think I really ever gave it a chance.

My first major was Broadcast Journalism with a minor in music, but I think I’m going to switch that major to business and I may minor in something related to english or journalism if I can.
I’m also doing this for my son. To show him that you should never give up and quit no matter what it is or how long it takes you to finish it. I want him to grow up and think “This is my dad!“, not “This is my dad?“.

Since I’ll be footing the bill myself, unless that financial aid comes through, It may take a little longer than I want but the end result will be worth it.