...healthcare career. In this week’s activity, you will have the opportunity to write a letter to your future self while envisioning what your future holds! | Background | Imagine yourself after graduation and upon landing your first job to launch your career as a healthcare professional. This letter will help you focus on who you want to become as you prepare your resume and put your very best foot forward. Use this opportunity to celebrate your successes and envision your future. Watch this video as you prepare your letter to your future self. | Part 1: Letter to My Future Self | Write a letter to your future self and include the following in 3 to 5 sentences for each section: * Introduction: Remind yourself why you started this journey * Paragraph 1: Celebrate your academic successes during your journey * Paragraph 2: Recall what you have accomplished personally throughout your journey * Paragraph 3: Share where you are in your career and the next steps on your journey * Conclusion: Close with some words of wisdom to yourself as you continue your journey | 10/24/2015Dear AmberRemember where you were when you started this journey? You were so lost in full of fear. You were terrified you would never rise above the dust. You were so scared you would never find peace, but there was light at the end of the tunnel. Keep in mind why you did this. It was all for you & Colbey. You wanted to be the kind of mother he could be proud of. The kind of Mother he would...
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...My Personal Plan for Success * Threw out the next 24 months I plan to become a whole new person, mentally, physically, emotionally and academically. This journey will not be easy but it will be worth it. By obtaining my degree I will be a better person, mother, mentor and wife. In order for me to obtain my foreseen success, I plan to implement a lot of strategies and techniques that I have learned over the last nine weeks into my everyday life personally and professionally. Threw my journey my support system is very important to my success, I will have my family and friends. Beyond my family and friends it is nice to know that there are people that I can talk to on campus. The life resource center is a very good option for people to get advice and help on every day issues. I know I will be using them for things that I cannot talk to my friends and family about. During this journey in my life I will keep myself motivated by reassuring myself that I can do it, envisioning myself in my career, reminding myself why and who I do this for. I am requiring a major change in my life and in order to achieve that change a step I have to make is completing school with my degree. Knowledge is definitely power the more you know, the further you will be able to go in life and your career. My children depend on me to be a positive remodel for them and I will be just that, you lead by example. Steps that I will take to improve my career competencies will be...
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...Moses September 6, 2015 A single mother making a change to be a better me. With doing so I have decided to join a major empire known as Strayer University for a wonderful start on my path to success. Mother, friend, sister &, daughter! Stuck in a dead in job, and working pay check to pay check. Not loving the job, looking for a career change. I have now chosen to return to school to better myself for my daughter, gain financial stability, and be happy with my career field. First off, I joined Strayer University as a single mother, looking to better herself for herself and her daughter. I want her to look at me and be proud that she has a mother that she can look up to and be very proud of! I look at my life and the way that I raise my daughter. I look back at when I was a little girl and my mother would do everything in her power to make sure that my brothers' and I was well taking care of. My mother was and still is that positive role model in my life and I follow in her footsteps, hoping my daughter would follow I mines and be proud to call me her mommy!! Another reason for me joining; is because I need financial stability in my life. Being financial stable would help me make sure that I have all the proper tools to have a well secure life. Meaning I’ll no longer have to struggle and live pay check to pay check. I could take my family on a vacation and not have to depend on a hope and a dream. I want to also be able to give back to my community, the ones how can't give...
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...Conduct a career interview with someone who is working in a field of interest to you. Ask that person about their journey. How did they get to where they are today? Was it all planned out or were there surprises along the way? Without identifying the person you interviewed, share the person's journey in this interview. You can ask them the questions below, along with questions that you create/brainstorm that will help you gather more information about career decisions this person has made. If you ask additional questions, please write out the question, along with the individual’s responses. Your Name: __Samantha_______________________________________________________ 1. How did you begin your career? I first got my associate degree and became an RN. I could not get a job at the time so I continued school and received my BSN and began working at a hospital in Staten Island. 2. How does this career match your needs and your values? I have always wanted to help others. Nursing has allowed me to do this while being able to be there for my family. 3. What educational and training background was required to enter this field? I got my associates then continues on for my BSN. I am now working towards achieving my masters. 4. Did you plan your career or was it a product of Krumboltz’s Happenstance (you may have to define this theory for them)? My mother was a nurse and I saw how satisfying the job was. Helping people was always something I wanted to do so I planned...
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...Spiritual Discernment in Counseling In my life I have been faced with many unique and wonderful situations. Each of these events have shaped me into the person I am today, and consequently have influenced my career path as well. In this paper, I will explore my personal position, my past and present influences, and the practical application of all of this in order to identify my calling. I assert that, more importantly, the struggles and challenges I have encountered have made an even bigger impact on the person I have become and allowed me the clarity to focus in on my life’s purpose. Personal Position When considering the major approaches in Spiritual Discernment, I find myself drawn to two. I strongly believe that we are all on a journey and that we are unable to stray far from our destined path. This is the essence of the Bulls-Eye Approach. God is in control. He has a plan for our lives. We have the power to make choices that can lead us astray, but only so far. God will always guide us back to the path we are meant to walk. However, I also find myself considering the Wisdom Approach when looking at my life’s path. I do not believe that God’s gentle guidance always comes in the form of signs. I believe that the Holy Spirit guides us through His wisdom, and that if we are self-aware, we will know what is right. God will guide us through the influence of our strengths, talents, and abilities. He also provides us with the influential counsel that have our best interest...
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...life's journey Leo Mack University of Maryland University College UCSP 615 Poverty is a temporary stop on life's journey I believe, that poverty is temporary stop on life’s perilous journey and not your final destination. Many of us were dealt a bad hand, the day we were born in poverty. This, I believe was not punishment for sins committed by my forefathers, but instead was the harsh reality of my world at birth. I was born in a little village in the Caribbean island of Jamaica, and was raised by my mother with six siblings. Life as I remember it was very difficult for her as a single parent to provide for us, but she never gave up and did whatever she had to do to see us through. The harshness of life was not apparent to me because our situation was not unique, many of my friends and neighbors were in similar position. My perspective on life changed when I entered high school and realized that my norms were totally different from a lot of other children. I had two pairs of uniforms that I wore interchangeably each week, for some of us that was normal for others that was repulsive. Buying lunch was never a luxury I could afford, so I brought whatever was available from home, others would buy their lunches from the school cafeteria and off campus. I often ask myself why was I born in such poverty, and the only conclusion I could come to, was the lack of money and education in my family. My mother was a factory worker and my father, who was absent for most of my life was...
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...“It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.” ― Ernest Hemingway. The journey that has lead me to where I am, and who I am today is significant. Although, the journey that will take place in the next four years will be just as important. Who I am has been shaped by the culture I’ve been brought up in, my goals have been shaped by the people that surround me, and how I will benefit from Florida State University’s community stems from my desire to be independent and involved with the people and events there. I was born and raised most of my life in Saudi Arabia. It’s a different life there. I went to a private school whose name translates to “Islamic Education Schools” and came from a strict Islamic family. I was taught to be the best Muslim I can be; to memorize the Quran, pray more than five times a day, to fast (abstain from food from sunrise to sunset) when preferred, and so...
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...My Career in Nursing and What Lead Me Here Lacey R. Doland Excelsior College Abstract Starting a journey as a developing professional is a long, hard road. Especially in the medical field. I have learned that every nurse no matter the credential behind their name has a story on how they got to where they are today. I have a story of my own and I will continue my story until the very end of my career. I have many areas of nursing that I want to cover during my career so my story will more than likely become a novel. My Career in Nursing and What Lead Me Here There are many motivations that pushed me to choose to pursue a degree in the world of nursing, and deciding to continue my education at Excelsior College. However, only a few experiences from my early adulthood helped me to open my eyes to a brighter future. A Few Things about Me During the early years of my life I was never really a happy person. I was mad at the world and pretty much hated everyone. I think most teenagers are the same way but my life circumstances made me think in a much more negative aspect. I had not one bit of motivation to be anything let alone pursue a career. I made the decision to quit school at an early age and I didn’t really think that I could do anything with myself. I also had no one to tell me or show me any different way. I also did not come from a really great family background. No one in my immediate family was any type of professional and most had dead end jobs. My Life before...
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...cohort effect; * peer learning; * community of practice that developed as a result of a group all commencing a program at the same time and meeting on a regular basis; and * it is believed that a professional doctorate has a wide range of staff, with varying interest and expertise, would be encountered in a professional, taught doctorate. Reasons for choosing PhD rather than a professional doctorate included: * self-actualization, * community development, * cloak of responsibility, * close supervision, and * PhD required in some professions 6) PhDs respected internationally 2. How does this program fit with your current and future identity? The program is a great fit for my current and future identity. Because of my 37 years of health care...
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...Friendships are a big part of careers, through the whole story Edgar Prado tells his friendship between him and his horse Barbaro. My Guy Barbaro, by Edgar Prado, was about a young, aspiring race horse named Barbaro. From the start of his first race, America knew he was something special. Then their careers took a turn both of them wouldn’t want. During one of their races Barbaro severely injures his back right leg. Survival is a lens that goes with this book because both of their careers have their thicks and thins, their ups and downs but it all can come with greatness attached with it. The jockey / author, Edgar Prado develops the theme that greatness can come easy, but greatness can come hard as well, by using setting, symbolism, and conflict. To begin Edgar Prado uses setting to develop the theme of the story. Setting is where and when the story takes place. For example on page 11 Edgar says, “They had gotten into a spat over a horse Michael trained named Kicken Kris. I won a race on him at Belmont in June 2004, convincing Michael to run him in the Arlington Million, a big summertime race in Chicago.” This quote supports the thesis because his agent and trainer got into a feud with each other. So Edgar has to figure out a way to settle this feud between his trainer and...
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...Women and Journeys As John Gartner once said, there are only two plots in all of literature, either the main character goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town. Women have however never been the one going on a journey or a stranger that comes to town. Though women have longed to explore the world, they have always been denied participation in public life. “Women and Journeys” by Mary Morris discusses this problem. Mary Morris describes the differences in acceptability and possibility of travelling for the different genders. Historically it has always been the men who went out explore the world, while women stayed at home. This division continued up through time. Women were limited in order to keep them at home. In the western world women were to wear corsets. Significantly the bindings in the corsets were called “stays”. The corsets kept women from going far and from going fast, since corsets are very tightly bound together. In the eastern world women’s feet were broken repeatedly, in order to bend the toes under the bottom of the feet. This made it completely impossible for women to walk, since it was extremely hurtful. Eventually the women’s feet were caught with gangrene, which caused death. So not only were women psychologically restricted from going anywhere, there were literally restricted physically as well As a cause of the conditions women only got to experience the part where a stranger comes to town. As the feminist Elaine Showalter said it: ”Emotions rushed...
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...happiness in the gratification of completing my degree, all the while, setting a stellar example for my daughter, making my family proud and allowing me the opportunity to obtain a college degree. All of this is essential positive things to add to this journey called life. I was once the young high school graduate with bright eyes and a promising future going to college. I enrolled in a large local University and started my journey to arming myself with the necessary tools to have a stellar career. After the initial shock of freedom and adulthood, two years later, I found myself socially at the top of my game, but educationally the dean had placed me the former 3.8 high school student on academic probation. I was now struggling to make the grade in college. I now know that I was not focused, or driven, my priorities were not intact and the entire long-term goal to me was just a fleeting futuristic challenge. The importance of college had not set in and therefore it appeared I was paying to go to school to become a better social butterfly. My parents did not seem to find the importance of that concept and therefore quickly enhanced my introduction to the “real world” and what life was all about. As the old story goes, I dropped out of college with the intent to go back and took my hand at surviving in the adult world. I was as expected constantly struggling with the daunting task of providing clothes, food, transportation and a roof over my head. As the years went by I was further...
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...“What is your opinion about it?” mother asked for my answers after elaborating an accounting phenomenon. In the beginning, I would seek for suitable answers quickly, but in many instances, I cannot provide satisfactory answers in that it was beyond my comprehension at that time. Then, my mother, a senior auditor, expounded it clearly with in-depth accounting expertise. It can be said without exaggeration that mother is my idol. Through case-based learning, I got a general understanding of accounting and came to apprehend accounting plays indispensable and significant roles in corporations’ development. Offering actual accounting statements with effective verification systems could cut down corporations’ expenditures and prevent deceptive accounting behaviors in accounting market. Under such osmosis, I gradually cultivated basic perceptions of accounting and triggered me to dig more in accounting. In undergraduate period, I decisively concentrated on accounting to elevate professional qualities via taking accounting courses. Principles of Accounting familiarized me with accounting rules, accounting cycles and financial accounting reports, which made me realize accounting serves as another magical language to analyze corporations from unique perspectives. Furthermore, Management Accounting afforded me a superb access to managerial strategies in authentic business world. And veritable case studies consolidated my understanding of accounting theory. Cases of QC crushing defeat illustrated...
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...Oakland which was with my Father and Grandmother, and the other in Hayward with my Mother, Step Father and other siblings. At times following rules for two separate households became overwhelming for me. I believe that because of my childhood, I used what I went through as a child to set the platform for my future. I hated how I was treated by my stepfather and made a promise that I would dedicate my life to helping children in trouble situation. Growing up at my Fathers and Grandmothers house was very different than at my Mothers and Step Father home. I was able to relax and free my mind at my father’s house. Being his only child had advantages, many that I didn’t have or receive at my Mother’s house. I was a daddy’s girl and learned quickly how to use that to my advantage. On the other hand at my Mother’s and Step Father’s house things were real different. My step father was a disciplinary and very strict, secondly I was the eldest so a lot of responsibility feel upon me. But the biggest difference was I was the only child there that didn’t belong to my step father, at an early age I felt the difference. Many years later the mistreatment lead me to go stay at my Fathers and Grandmothers house. Quickly I became a different kid. The happiness was restored back into me. Don’t get me wrong I loved my mother and respected my step father but switching homes for good was the best for me. And this placement lasted until I moved out at twenty to be on my own. At an early age...
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...influence in my life many years ago when I was in the latter part of my secondary studies. He was none other than my English teacher, who laid the foundation for my academic and career life. I still remember that he told me, you will never learn how swim until you jump in to the water and same theory should be applied when it comes to learning English. Which I did and it did work. His Blessings still a camouflaged bliss for my life in many instances. This is obviously one of them. if i may start with the life... Life is a journey from the birth to the death. We face many challenges while going through this journey some makes us happy and some creates sorrow but nothing is permanent As once Great Lord Buddha said "Life is uncertain, only death is certain, don't be late" despite the religion, his teachings have been a great influence in my life especially in overcoming day today challenges in my life. Because religion is not an ornament to show off, it should be an armor to defend yourself from the troubles of getting in to two extremes in life. It could either be too much of happiness or too much of sorrow. Middle path is the ideal one, which I learnt from Lord Buddha's teachings and have been learning from life every day, which will never stop until I die. Finally, my parents were the greatest influence in my life. Especially my mother who has always being a role model for me and who taught me to stand in own feet. I saw how she was struggling to make my life and...
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