The Real Life

This has been a subject of much stress for me lately, but I got some good advice- Don't focus on figuring the rest of your life out. Your plans are going to change. Just come up with a short term plan that will benefit you in the long run. I think I've done that... I'm 95% sure on this plan. But I know that might change. :/ Anyway, I'm planning on working this summer and saving up money so I can go to massage school. The one I'm looking at is accredited, so you can get student loans and stuff for it, and it has campus's in Tempe, Las Vegas, and Salt Lake. So now matter where I end up (which depends on my getting a real job), I can still make this part of my plan. Which I think I really want to do for these reasons:

• It's a good trade that I can fall back on, which is good in this economy.
• It's something I can do out of my house or in a job setting
• There are tons of different careers within the field
• Job placement from this school is very high
• It's a high demand career
• It's something that you can make money easily at if you have the right network
• I enjoy learning about how to help heal people (and I know I'm supposed to be good at that)
• It's not a long amount of time to get all the proper training.

So yeah. After that I plan on getting a job at a spa or something and working there while going to college for either my Associates or Bachelors. Lately I've actually been thinking about doing something with my Art in college... I've had several people lecture me because I haven't really wanted to do that. I tend to have a hard time focusing on one hobby for more than two weeks at a time, but lately I've been really enjoying my Painting class. It's one of the classes I really look forward to, and I've found that I've been turning to my art as a form of relaxation, something I never really used to do. So who knows. Maybe I'll do that in college, maybe I'll still go into Psychology. I'm focusing on Massage school right now.... and getting a job!\

Speaking of jobs, I did have an interview the other day, and they've yet to call me back. I'm hoping I get the job- it's a really neat restaurant called Costa Vida. I guess they have a lot of them in Utah, but I've never been. It's kind of Baja styled type food. The restaurant is inspired by California and based in Utah- something I can totally relate to! :) It'd be really good if I could get that job, so if you'll pray for me that would be wonderful.