Live Like You Were Dying

I decided to write about a song that I think is rather inspirational, Tim McGraw's “Live Like You Were Dying”. Some people might not find this song inspirational but I do because it makes you really think about your life and how precious it truly is. In the song, it talks about a middle aged man that still thought he had a lot of life in front of him; to find out he was sick and didn’t have much time left. Listening to this song makes me realize that we never really know when our last day is going to be and we should start living it to the fullest. Make sure you go do things you have always wanted to go do and spend as much time with your loved ones before it is too late. Every time I hear this song I start thinking about all the things I really want to do in life and it motivates me to actually attempt to do them. Someday I will have everything on my bucket list crossed off!

Finally back to College!

I am finally going back to college after taking  4 years off! I am very excited I am here but the road I had to take was extremely complicated! I graduated from high school in 2005 and thought I knew exactly what I wanted to go to school for. I started with Medical Transcriptions switched to Medical Secretary and ended up finishing with my Accounting Clerk Diploma. It took me over 3 years to get a diploma! When I was accepted to RCTC I applied for financial aid. After looking at everything I decided not to go with financial aid. Since I switched my major to many times, I was put on financial aid suspension. A couple years after I received my diploma I wanted to go back to school but I needed financial aid. Since I was on suspension, I had to go through so many loops. I talked to an academic advisor and they told me I would have to appeal my suspension but they didn’t give me all of the details. Needless to say, my appeal was denied the first time I tried. That made me lose all hope about going back to college and finishing 10 classes. A couple years after that I wanted to try again. I found out the steps I needed to take in order to get my suspension appealed. I summited my financial aid application to find out I needed to reapply to go back to RCTC and they did not have my final high school transcript. After reapply and contacting my high school I still had to meet with an academic advisor and have an academic plan put in place. That is when I found out I had to retake the placement exams because it had been to many years. After passing those tests, I was finally able to submit everything to the financial aid office. After waiting for about 3 weeks and school was about to start, I was finally approved!

I had to go through a lot to get here but every step of the way was worth it! I am happy to finally be on the path towards a successful career!