I first found out I wanted to be in business when my family and I were living in down town Grand Junction. We had just moved in and recently lost our car in an accident but we were fortunate enough to have some bikes given to us, so on days that I didn’t work the kids and I would ride down to the library where they would pick books and movies to check out while I would use the computers to search and apply for jobs and one day my better half Haley says to me “why don’t we apply for school? We’re not getting any younger and we aren’t as financially stable as we would like to be”. So I thought about the talk we had all week at my call center job until my next day off and we went to the library and I applied for school and orientation was soon. …show more content…
Why work for your money when you can have your money work for you. Be the boss for once in charge giving the orders. I instantly loved the idea, more responsibility, more opportunity, more possibility, and most importantly more time to spend with my family. I’ve had various work experience ranging from CAN nursing care, fast food, dairy farmer, hay farmer, factory worker, out bound calling, inbound calling, customer service, over the phone salesman, and even door to door. After all this time I realize I don’t want to be an entry level associate forever stuck in a dead end job living pay check to pay check worrying constantly. I want to be more for my family, I want them to be happy every day, I want to have a good career, be happy every day I go to work, be proud of what I do. I know that an education will help me accomplish all these things. Along the lines I also decided that CMU was not for me. I didn’t feel like I was taken for more than another chair, their classes are packed and I did not feel comfortable, I need to be able to focus and I feel like college shouldn’t just teach me about my specific field of work but should teach me about everything I need to