Happiness is Homemade :)

The most important thing I have learned is that I must not always please other people but I need to please myself. (this is an ongoing life lesson!) My family is very opinionated and are not afraid to speak their mind to me and tell me what they think I should or should not do. I am the youngest and that is how its always been. I'm not exactly sure when it happened but I felt out of control and it was only because I was letting them make me feel that way. This is my life and I am the only one that can control what I do and what I don't do. So at the end of the day, regardless of what I do or don't do I have to realize that it is in MY control.
      This is the most important thing I have learned because not following my dreams or thinking for myself I feel crippled me in a way. After listening to other people and just going with the flow for so long, I just got used to it. I guess that is a downfall of being a people pleaser. But I must first learn to please myself.

Things I need to have in my paper is my tone. I want to grab the reader with my personality. I am very sarcastic

I pretty much was like a lot of people I knew and floated to opportunities that presented themselves to me including the shipyard. Once I got in the shipyard I was told what a great opportunity it was, how good they pay and how little you can do. The problem was I knew I wanted to find something I cared about and I actually wanted to take pride in the fact that I worked hard for it, instead of bragging about how easy it is and how little I have to do.
    At one point I looked into AmeriCorps and wanted to do it so bad. I called my mom and told her I wanted to quit the shipyard and join them. She told me it was not a good idea and she did not support me. I don't however like to dwell on the past so I know I wouldn't have met my husband if I had left the shipyard that early. So I stayed and told myself I could just find a different job within the shipyard that could make me happy.
     I finally realized that the shipyard did not make me a happy person and did not fulfill my occupational desires. So with the support of my husband I quit the shipyard to get an education doing something that I chose. I am going for a physical therapy Assistant, and I may change my mind but that is ok as long as I'm happy doing it!




This was me working at the shipyard. It was a good experience, but nothing I wanted to do for the rest of my life.