[Week 1]: Overcoming Inertia and Finding Direction
Forgive the length of this post, but I learned a lot this week and I like to imagine this was one of the hardest stretches of my S-STEM journey; getting started. I rarely pat myself on the back but after this week I am thankful that I am a motivated and ambitious woman. Due to my insatiable need to learn about the universe I exist within, a future in STEM has always been a desire of mine. However, my adult life has been filled with unexpected U- turns and delayed entries which prevented me from pursuing these desires at 100%. Last winter I finally reached point where I had to make a decision: Stay full time in my current (and well paying) profession but delay my goal of graduating by 2020, or- Leave my financial and professional security to pursue my heart's desire and finish my education. Since I am writing this entry my decision was obviously the later. After overcoming my fear of uncertainty and change, I left my job and moved back home in order to at...