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My Shift to Employment
By Erin Johnson
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The Before- Who I was before getting a jobThe Before- Who I was before getting a job
The Change- What caused me to want a changeThe Change- What caused me to want a change
The After- Who have I become since the Shift.The After- Who have I become since the Shift.
“If you always make the right decision, the safe decision, the one most people make, you will be the same as everyone else.”
― Paul Arden
The Before
Who was I?Who was I?
ShyShy
UncertainUncertain
Always with the same peopleAlways with the same people
ScaredScared
QuestionsWith the college applications looming, I didn’t With the college applications looming, I didn’t know if I had what it took to get in.know if I had what it took to get in.
I hadn’t branched out much in my high school I hadn’t branched out much in my high school career and didn’t think I was a well-rounded career and didn’t think I was a well-rounded person.person.
Who I wanted to be
My whole life I’ve known what I’ve wanted to do, My whole life I’ve known what I’ve wanted to do, and that’s be a veterinarian. However, I was and that’s be a veterinarian. However, I was naïve when it came to knowing what it would naïve when it came to knowing what it would take to make my dreams come true.take to make my dreams come true.
How could you resist that face?!
The Change
When I realized that it would take more than When I realized that it would take more than visiting a petting zoo to become a vet I realized visiting a petting zoo to become a vet I realized that I had to buckle down.that I had to buckle down.
Time to get a job… or Three
The day I turned sixteen and could drive myself The day I turned sixteen and could drive myself was the day I looked for a job. was the day I looked for a job.
My first job was with the veterinarian in town.My first job was with the veterinarian in town.
The other jobsWithin months I was employed at two other Within months I was employed at two other establishments.establishments.
Mack Hill Riding AcademyMack Hill Riding Academy
Impromptu Collie BreederImpromptu Collie Breeder
What it was like during the change
OverwhelmingOverwhelming
ScaryScary
Why I was able to overcome these feelings
I knew that this was all I’ve ever wanted to do I knew that this was all I’ve ever wanted to do and working hard made the dream all the more and working hard made the dream all the more real.real.
What has come from the change
Confidence Confidence
ResponsibilityResponsibility
DriveDrive
The After
This change made me realize that to get what I This change made me realize that to get what I want I need to work for it and make a real go at itwant I need to work for it and make a real go at it
During the change I learned that I’m capable of During the change I learned that I’m capable of doing whatever I want to do so long as I trydoing whatever I want to do so long as I try
I’m even more driven to make my dream a reality.I’m even more driven to make my dream a reality.
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