I'm back!! As some of you may have noticed I haven't been online for the past couple of weeks and there is a reason for my absence. Now I am not big on sharing a lot of my personal life stories, but I think that this story deserves to be shared. So if you don't care what is going on in my life, feel free to close this window now! But I hope that you will stay and read what I have been up to this past month.
Life has an amazing way of showing us what we are supposed to do with our lives. A lot of people don't know this, but I have been unemployed for almost a year now. I graduated college in May 2013 with my BA in Communications with an emphasis in Public Relations and shortly thereafter secured a job at a local boutique PR firm. As more and more time passed, I began to realize that Public Relations wasn’t really the right fit for me. I have always been known to my family and friends for having a kind heart, a solid moral compass and always having the best intentions. However, too shortly I realized that my kind and sincere nature was not at home in the PR world. I was never truly accepted into the life and my coworker’s lifestyle because I felt I did not belong. As good as I was at my job and as much motivation as I had, I was always going to be the kid left sitting alone at the lunch table.
A couple of weeks ago I had an epiphany. What was I doing with my life? Being without a job for so long I began to really take a good hard look at myself in the mirror and figure out what I was going to do going forward. After doing some soul-searching, I realized that I had to go back to where my heart is and where I started - teaching.
I am going back to school to obtain my Single Subject Teaching Credential in Mathematics to become a high school math teacher! Little known fact about me...I actually have always wanted to be a teacher since I was little. I even started college as a Math major with every intention on being a high school teacher. It wasn't until my core math classes became increasingly more difficult that I decided to look in other places for success. I thought I had found a home in PR, but I think deep down I always knew that I would go back to teaching.
So here we are today and I am back to where I started, a place I don’t think my heart has ever left. I will never regret leaving the education field and pursuing my other interests because I would not be the person I am today without those experiences and I have genuinely realized that my sense of purpose is to become a teacher. I truly feel I am meant to be a teacher and make a difference in the lives of our younger generations.
Being a high school math teacher means more to me than words can probably explain. But what I do know is that every day that I spend learning to be a teacher and then subsequently teaching in my own classroom, I will give my students 110% of myself. I want to help them solve problems when they think they are impossible, I want to see the light bulb go off in their heads when a concept finally makes sense, and most importantly I want to inspire them to be the best that they can be.
What does this mean for Kindly With K? My change in career path will have no effect on my blog other than I may not be posting as frequently. The past couple of weeks have just been difficult as I have been applying to a credential program and getting my testing situations sorted out, but rest assured I am back. Kindly With K is my creative outlet and I won't ever give this up because I love being able to share my interests and stories with my readers. I hope that you will go on this life transition with me!
My life may have taken a bit of a detour, but I am back on the path that I'm supposed to be on! I can't wait to share my experiences as a make my way through the credential program and become a high school teacher. If you have any questions for me about my decision process or about teaching in general, please feel free to shoot me an email at kindlywithk@gmail.com!
Happy Monday everyone and be kind to one another!
"You must do the things you think you cannot do." - Eleanor Roosevelt
