Changing Our Lives
Running head: CHANGING OUR LIVES
“Changing Our Lives”
Strayer University
ENG 090- Fundamental Writing
November 13, 2013
CHANGING OUR LIVES
A Meaningful Journey
Making this decision to attend college to obtain a degree was a battle of thoughts in my mind. The question of being forty-two years of age pondering if I was too old to fulfill this passion, thinking time has passed me by. I feared starting something that I would not complete, just like all the other projects or goals that are still parked on the sideline. The people and examples that I heedfully looked up to were on shaky grounds until one day, I had a breakthrough. When my husband and I moved into our new home I meet my neighbor who encouraged me and is a candidate of a life with a degree. The timing was right, because what I feared in the past, I was now ready to push forward for a future, and enrolling in Strayer University is the best decision I ever made in life. Secondly, the world today dictates strengthens and weaknesses, either you are going to strive for the best or settle for less. The key to my smile is the work I am putting in to build a financially stable foundation. I have worked many jobs, sometimes two, and am in hopes of not being classified as living from payday to payday. The trend of this edgy living is scary, what if something happens? I don’t have any emergency funds to fall back on, what do I do? To be comfortable is to be wise, education and a good salary will help save money, start a retirement plan, and the biggest of all is the peace within in your golden years. To sum this up, success is like safety there will always be some type of chronic unease. Success also makes you think “anything can happen at anytime”. People and personalities improve the knowledge of critical thinking which gives out power to make right decisions. I want to be part of that group, to know what I want out of life, and trust the decision
“Changing Our Lives”
Strayer University
ENG 090- Fundamental Writing
November 13, 2013
CHANGING OUR LIVES
A Meaningful Journey
Making this decision to attend college to obtain a degree was a battle of thoughts in my mind. The question of being forty-two years of age pondering if I was too old to fulfill this passion, thinking time has passed me by. I feared starting something that I would not complete, just like all the other projects or goals that are still parked on the sideline. The people and examples that I heedfully looked up to were on shaky grounds until one day, I had a breakthrough. When my husband and I moved into our new home I meet my neighbor who encouraged me and is a candidate of a life with a degree. The timing was right, because what I feared in the past, I was now ready to push forward for a future, and enrolling in Strayer University is the best decision I ever made in life. Secondly, the world today dictates strengthens and weaknesses, either you are going to strive for the best or settle for less. The key to my smile is the work I am putting in to build a financially stable foundation. I have worked many jobs, sometimes two, and am in hopes of not being classified as living from payday to payday. The trend of this edgy living is scary, what if something happens? I don’t have any emergency funds to fall back on, what do I do? To be comfortable is to be wise, education and a good salary will help save money, start a retirement plan, and the biggest of all is the peace within in your golden years. To sum this up, success is like safety there will always be some type of chronic unease. Success also makes you think “anything can happen at anytime”. People and personalities improve the knowledge of critical thinking which gives out power to make right decisions. I want to be part of that group, to know what I want out of life, and trust the decision