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I’ve Never Been So Proud of $.60 in My Life!
Life is so crazy. There’s never been a better time to bet on you!
I decided I needed a new track in life in the fall of 2020. I hated my job in the insurance industry. It was not who I was needing on the other side of the mirror. Stress from life, Covid pandemic, and pain from so many major life events all at one time. I was overwhelmed.
So I took the plunge and registered for college and began at Colorado State University. I have a degree in Criminal Justice and I wanted to be a cyber security expert. Err.. well, I thought I did. CS was interesting, but it wasn’t what I wanted to do forever.
It didn’t go well. I was overwhelmed. I couldn’t get the support I needed and again, there was something missing for me.
Then I registered and completed the UX Designer Course with Coursera via Google Online in the fall of 2021. I loved almost everything about it. I love design. I love problem-solving strategies. I love UX Design. But it still wasn’t the thing I couldn’t wait to start my day doing.
Probably sounds whiny and indecisive. I’d call it more desperate. I’m a tad over a half-century old. I’ve survived my son’s tragic death at twenty-one, losing my entire…