My education has been quite the journey for me in itself; however, I knew it wasn't going to be easy for the start. I have always know that its competitive, its a long wait, no one ever waits to get in, they pick favorites. I have heard every excuse in the book on this degree and how awful the wait can be. However, it didn't hold me back. Of course I listened and held their advice close to my heart and was always on repeat in the back of my head, but something in me said this is your dream, this is your career choice. Just because someone told you negative things and didn't have the patience to wait it out doesn't mean you should change your profession. Don't let anyone tell you that you aren't strong enough, your not big enough, your not smart enough because in your heart you can accomplish anything you want to do. Just because you can't lift the weight bar over your head doesn't mean your weak. Strength is in all aspects of life from finding strength when you have lost a loved one, finding strength to move forward after only getting four hours of sleep, finding strength to pick your feet up after getting countless reject letters in the mail. It was hard to find that strength somedays when the letters filled the mailbox of rejection from schools all over. How could I look at life and think it's amazing? How could I smile and think everything happens for a reason? How could I not cry and think I need to rethink my career path? As the tears rolled down my cheeks after opening letter after letter, I soon became numb to the fact that I even wanted this in life. Yeah, to most people being a dental hygienist isn't their dream job. But for me, its something that I have picked since I was in Junior High and I have gone this far and not going to stop now.
Deep inside I have had a certain phrase that I repeated to myself "If it takes my whole life it will be worth it in the end." Now that I have patiently, desperately, eagerly awaited this time in my life, its finally come to the point were I can measure the time until I complete this chapter, stepping stone of my life. I'm sure many of you have had a certain dream that you knew was going to take awhile to chase, but eventually you will catch it in your hands and hold it close to you. Before you can catch that dream though, you have to believe in yourself. After I started to believe in myself and have faith in the hands above, life started getting easier as I waited. I told myself worrying, crying, and being stressed isn't going to get me anywhere. What will help is living life in the moment and enjoying the small things. The feeling of accomplishment will be hard to express with words but I'm sure this blog will catch my good days, my bad days, and everything in-between on this journey of becoming a dental hygienist.
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