My Shift to Employment

By Erin Johnson

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The Before- Who I was before getting a jobThe Before- Who I was before getting a job

The Change- What caused me to want a changeThe Change- What caused me to want a change

The After- Who have I become since the Shift.The After- Who have I become since the Shift.

“If you always make the right decision, the safe decision, the one most people make, you will be the same as everyone else.”

― Paul Arden

The Before

Who was I?Who was I?

ShyShy

UncertainUncertain

Always with the same peopleAlways with the same people

ScaredScared

QuestionsWith the college applications looming, I didn’t With the college applications looming, I didn’t know if I had what it took to get in.know if I had what it took to get in.

I hadn’t branched out much in my high school I hadn’t branched out much in my high school career and didn’t think I was a well-rounded career and didn’t think I was a well-rounded person.person.

Who I wanted to be

My whole life I’ve known what I’ve wanted to do, My whole life I’ve known what I’ve wanted to do, and that’s be a veterinarian. However, I was and that’s be a veterinarian. However, I was naïve when it came to knowing what it would naïve when it came to knowing what it would take to make my dreams come true.take to make my dreams come true.

How could you resist that face?!

The Change

When I realized that it would take more than When I realized that it would take more than visiting a petting zoo to become a vet I realized visiting a petting zoo to become a vet I realized that I had to buckle down.that I had to buckle down.

Time to get a job… or Three

The day I turned sixteen and could drive myself The day I turned sixteen and could drive myself was the day I looked for a job. was the day I looked for a job.

My first job was with the veterinarian in town.My first job was with the veterinarian in town.

The other jobsWithin months I was employed at two other Within months I was employed at two other establishments.establishments.

Mack Hill Riding AcademyMack Hill Riding Academy

Impromptu Collie BreederImpromptu Collie Breeder

What it was like during the change

OverwhelmingOverwhelming

ScaryScary

Why I was able to overcome these feelings

I knew that this was all I’ve ever wanted to do I knew that this was all I’ve ever wanted to do and working hard made the dream all the more and working hard made the dream all the more real.real.

What has come from the change

Confidence Confidence

ResponsibilityResponsibility

DriveDrive

The After

This change made me realize that to get what I This change made me realize that to get what I want I need to work for it and make a real go at itwant I need to work for it and make a real go at it

During the change I learned that I’m capable of During the change I learned that I’m capable of doing whatever I want to do so long as I trydoing whatever I want to do so long as I try

I’m even more driven to make my dream a reality.I’m even more driven to make my dream a reality.

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