Hello Worker Bees!!!

by formerworkerbee

Hello everyone! I thought it would be a good idea to put together a blog that would keep track of my success from worker bee to former worker bee.

For quite some time I have been a lost sheep. Trying the college route because that is what we are “suppose” to do after graduating from high school—what an expensive lesson that has been for me. After thousands of dollars, I thought maybe I should have gone to community college first to test the water.  This led me to spending a few years flipping back and forth from university to community college—keep in mind, I was a lost sheep at this time.

For the longest I have had this pull to do something different from what everyone else is doing. Like most Americans, I have been told that in order to have success you must go to college, get good grades, and get a job. The first problem I have with this way of thinking is allowing others to define what success means to me. So, I had to dig deep to find out my own definition. It was difficult, I guess because it was so deeply ingrained in me. Let’s try a little exercise. I want you to try to think of success without going to college. If this exercise conjured up feelings of such a thing being impossible or not right, then maybe you have been just as deeply influenced by the “success” definition as I have.

I am not against people going to university to further their education, but there are other ways of getting educated. I was unaware that there were other options to having success. I made a mistake by picking a major based on the job market, not my interest or passion. I later changed it, but still was unsure because none of my options matched anything I was passionate about. Think about it; just how many people pick a major not based on their interest, but on what others would consider a good career choice or the job market making the choice for them.

After years of attending school on and off and working for the same employer for 9 ½ years I realized a couple things:

#1  I am tired of going to school.

#2  My return on investment may not be worth all the years and money I put into school?

#3  I do not want to be an employee!!!

With much time squandered, I decided to put together a plan and implement massive action, so I can get out of the rat race. I am so excited to continue my journey!!!