My Next Chapter

This May, I gradaute with my Bachelors Degree in Human Services. I am so proud of that, beyond proud of that honestly. So the inevitable question is after graduation is what is next for you? What are you doing next? What is your next chapter? Well I am here to tell you that I both know and do not know at the same time! And that is kind of exciting. Here is what I know to be true, either way I will be okay. Either way I will NOT be the person I was and I will make an impact on the world. I will not settle for anything less then I deserve.

I am looking at Grad School, I am looking at what program would fit me best. I am looking at remote jobs also. I will tell you this though: I am still going to be a writer, podcaster and share my story with others and I will make an impact on others. I will be a damn good therapist and I will make an impact on the world. I will find the right person and they WILL treat me right. I will go to a Taylor Swift Concert, I will not settle for anything less. Please understand that.

So my advice to you is this: Do not settle for anything less then you deserve. Do not wait for things to magically fall in your lap you actually have to work for them. I had to work DAMN hard to become the person I am today. I had to deconstruct belief systems and finally figure out who I was. I had to remove shitty people from my life in order to realize what I deserved. I had to move away from shitty people as well. I had to completely change my life in order to change my life. And I am glad I did.

I am so proud of myself for leaving and finally waking up, going to therapy, reading the self help books and going back to school. I am so proud of myself for everything i have done. I actually cringe at the person I was. I only know I will get better from here. I deserve so much more then I ever settled for in the past. I really encourage you to aim higher and challenge yourself to reach higher and not settle for less. I really encourage you to reach higher in every area of your life and what I mean by that is ask yourself hard questions like is all I deserve? How can I aim higher? Am i selling myself short here? I have definitley asked those questions over time. And It got me an associates degree and a completley different outlook on life and higher standards. I still have work to do, we all do but that does not mean I have not come a long way and have not done a lot of work thus far. I am not going to go back to who I was. I would not know how to!

I can tell you this though, I will continue to aim higher and ask more of people because I deserve that much. I will challenge those in my life to take a hard look at themselves and realize how they can aim higher in their own lives. I bring a lot to a table and i expect others to do the same. I deserve quality people in my life and would not settle for anything else. I will be beyond picky and will continue to be that.