{"id":649,"date":"2010-10-12T15:53:49","date_gmt":"2010-10-12T19:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hnetalk.com\/?p=649"},"modified":"2010-10-12T15:53:49","modified_gmt":"2010-10-12T19:53:49","slug":"finding-your-passion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hnetalk.com\/home\/2010\/10\/12\/finding-your-passion\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding Your Passion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In January 2009, I watched my youngest son graduate from college. As I waited patiently for his name to be called, I watched the procession of older students receive their degrees one after the other. Funny\u2026I thought\u2026they are the same age or even older than me (at least they appeared so).<\/p>\n<p>Slowly, I began to realize that I had no more excuses\u2026no more buts\u2026no more reasons for not going back to school myself. I thought about all the lectures with my own children through the years about how important having an education is.<\/p>\n<p>I like to compare my contemplations of going back to school to the children\u2019s book \u201cThe Little Engine That Could\u201d that states, \u201cI think I can, I think I can, I know I can.\u201d (or something like that)  During my 1st session in the fall of 2009, I was tentatively optimistic that I could REALLY DO this thing called \u201ccollege.\u201d Then, I received my first \u2018A.\u2019 Then, my next and my next. And, here I am today, one year later still getting great marks knowing that I really can do this thing called \u201ccollege.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My experience as a student has opened my eyes to a completely new world of possibilities that I never imagined! I have found my passion in psychology. I just needed to find my confidence to go back to school. My attitude, which I like to share with other students is, \u201cOne paper at a time!\u201d It\u2019s a healthy attitude when you are stressed, \u201cOne day at a time,\u201d or \u201cOne moment at a time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So what is your passion? Have you thought about going back to school but aren\u2019t sure if it\u2019s for you? Trust me if I can do it, you can too. Part of the leap means choosing the right school and the right program for the perfect fit.<\/p>\n<p>Take the leap<br \/>\nFind your passion<br \/>\nSatisfy your soul<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In January 2009, I watched my youngest son graduate from college. As I waited patiently for his name to be called, I watched the procession of older students receive their degrees one after the other. Funny\u2026I thought\u2026they are the same age or even older than me (at least they appeared so). Slowly, I began to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-goals-and-motivation"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6ZZxW-at","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/hnetalk.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/hnetalk.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/hnetalk.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hnetalk.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hnetalk.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/hnetalk.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/hnetalk.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hnetalk.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hnetalk.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}