It's Monday everyone and I need some hardcore motivation. After being off for the past week and a half I am dreading going in to work. It's rather depressing. Knowing there are a TON of files waiting for me to review, hundreds of emails to read and reply to isn't fun.
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Okay that's enough of the complaining. Today is Motivational Monday and I need to be motivating myself and whoever else needs the motivation to push on this week.
The day before I left for vacation I received this:
This large piece of paper reminds me of how motivated and dedicated I am to myself and my family. So to motivate everyone this week I will offer a little peek into my personal life and how I ended up with my Master's degree.
For my entire undergraduate degree and part of my graduate degree I was a single parent AND without the help of my parents (and sometimes boyfriend...[who is now my husband]) I would not have been able to complete both of these. I sacrificed a lot to get where I am now and believe me it WAS NOT easy. I not only was a single parent, but I worked full time and was considered a full time student [i.e. 12-15 semester hours each semester for my undergrad and 6 semester hours per semester of my graduate degrees]. Yes, those both say full time in bold and italic b/c I want to stress how big of a deal that is! Vacations always included me staying back to get my homework and studying in, missing family dinners, and postponing certain events in my life. IT SUCKED!
I had to make the decision to do this and if I was going to do it I had to do it all the way. After splitting from my first husband, which was an abusive and difficult relationship (still is difficult), I had no insurance and was barely making $10/hour for about 20 hours per week. I had to make a change. I refused to let my daughter grow up a difficult life. AND GUESS WHAT?!?!
I did it. I am proud. I am PHENOMENAL!
So, my motivation this week is to remind everyone that you can do it, you will be proud, and most of all, you are already PHENOMENAL!
{SCHURRRRRRRTTTT}
Okay that's enough of the complaining. Today is Motivational Monday and I need to be motivating myself and whoever else needs the motivation to push on this week.
The day before I left for vacation I received this:
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| If you missed this picture it was from my H54F post. |
For my entire undergraduate degree and part of my graduate degree I was a single parent AND without the help of my parents (and sometimes boyfriend...[who is now my husband]) I would not have been able to complete both of these. I sacrificed a lot to get where I am now and believe me it WAS NOT easy. I not only was a single parent, but I worked full time and was considered a full time student [i.e. 12-15 semester hours each semester for my undergrad and 6 semester hours per semester of my graduate degrees]. Yes, those both say full time in bold and italic b/c I want to stress how big of a deal that is! Vacations always included me staying back to get my homework and studying in, missing family dinners, and postponing certain events in my life. IT SUCKED!
I had to make the decision to do this and if I was going to do it I had to do it all the way. After splitting from my first husband, which was an abusive and difficult relationship (still is difficult), I had no insurance and was barely making $10/hour for about 20 hours per week. I had to make a change. I refused to let my daughter grow up a difficult life. AND GUESS WHAT?!?!
I did it. I am proud. I am PHENOMENAL!
So, my motivation this week is to remind everyone that you can do it, you will be proud, and most of all, you are already PHENOMENAL!
This is really inspiring! Last semester I didn't do good being a full time student and working full time at a highly demanding retail job! I'm gonna do part time this semester and ease into it! But this is deff inspiration! Be proud!
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Yeah, it isn't for everyone but continue to push on! You'll be AMAZING!
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