The other day, I received a little packet in the mail from the university. It was a little welcome thing and it had 4 or 5 stickers on it that said like "I love social work" with the school logo and "*school* of social work" etc and I got a little teary eyed lol.
Like I still can't believe I'm a student of a real university. Like I'm really... it's real.
As a kid, especially in the 90s, it was just a thing that you were gonna grow up and go to college.
And that's just not how my life played out. I wanted to go, but other stuff happened. And I really sort of gave up. I just thought it wasn't gonna happen for me. I thought I couldn't do it. I always see bumper stickers and stuff around town that are like "*school* ALUMNI" and now *I* have the stickers? Unreal
What's really wild to me is I can zoom out and see how all these little pieces fit together perfectly to build the path that led me here.
How my struggles and issues at my job pushed me to want better for myself.
How I got into therapy and then diagnosed and then medicated, allowing me to manage my illness.
In therapy I tackled my driving anxiety and my social anxiety which later led to me being able to drive to and show up for class.
I quit getting high so I could think clearly and do my work.
I earned straight A's which led to me getting into an honor society which likely helped my odds of getting accepted into this program.
I thought I couldn't afford it but I got through community college because I found out my job has tuition assistance and my mom stepped up to help too, plus I got grants, federal aid and even scholarships due to my high grades.
I thought I would need student loans for university but I discovered a grant that pays my entire tuition. Like it just...all came together to put me right here.
It's unbelievable honestly. And I want to make sure that I don't view this as "oh a bunch of random things happened and I got lucky". Absolutely not. I made them happen. I worked hard and made the right choices to get me here. I did this. I should be proud of that.
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