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friends Regarding School Dear Family and Friends, So I've been meeting with Jo Hatfield, the career counseling lady in Career Services. I took the Interest Inventory, and then met with her to discuss the results and explore options from there. I didn't really find the inventory to be extremely helpful to me. I was hoping that when we discussed the results there would be one really strong answer, that something would just jump out at me and kind of shout, "This is it! This is what you're supposed to do!" I had no such luck, though. I answered most of the questions either "dislike" or "strongly dislike." I didn't have any really strong areas. Of my stronger areas, we discussed several job options that fit into those categories. Jo gave me a list of jobs she wanted me to research, and to print off the jobs I was interested in. I did that, and we met again to discuss how I felt about what I'd read. I had printed off information on three jobs. None of them really jumped out and grabbed my attention, though. I was still struggling with whether I was supposed to stay in education or change majors. I wasn't really happy with any of the options we had discussed. So during the middle of this meeting where we're discussing the jobs I'd researched, and the implications of where that would lead me, I blurted out, "I'm so confused." We proceeded to talk about my confusion. I explained to her that I just didn't know if I was supposed to stay in education or move to something else, and if I moved I had no clue where to move. I explained to her that I've really been enjoying my education classes this semester (miracle of miracles this - I've always hated my education classes). I've been more content concerning my classes; I've even found the readings to be more interesting (WOW!). So Jo suggested that we just take a break from all of this for a while. I told her I'd do my best to forget about the whole situation, and we agreed to meet in two weeks to just kind of touch base and see how I"m feeling. (The meeting was supposed to be this coming Thursday, the 25th, but something came up for her so we moved it to the first Thursday of October.) We decided to give it a rest for the following reason: Jo said she had noticed a drastic change in my attitude since I had first entered her office. Then, I was miserable. I was ready to drop everything, and to just give up completely. Then, just two or three weeks later, I told her I was content in my classes. I was enjoying them and found them to actually be interesting. She thought maybe that I was just stressed out due to the start of the semester, being overwhelmed with information from my classes, getting into the swing of being in school again, etc., and that now maybe I was starting to settle in and become more relaxed. That's why she wanted to take a little break and not think about it for a while. She wanted to see if my attitude/feelings toward the situation would change any more after a couple more weeks had passed. For the most part, I've done very well with not stressing over it or thinking about it too hard. I have continued to pray for guidance whenever I think of it, though, naturally. I'll need to make a decision by mid-October, because that's when registration for Spring classes begins. I'm still not really sure what that choice will be, though. So your continued prayers would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much for the prayers that have already been offered on my behalf; I'm sure they've made a world of difference. I'll do my best to keep you updated on how things are going for me as Jo and I move forward with this very difficult decision process. Love, My Last 5 Updates |
