16/01/2025
At the end of 2023 I made a promise to myself, in 2024 I would set out on a journey to learn. To learn as much as I could, about anything and everything.
I took a chance and enrolled in a course (consider this an impulsive thought, I very quickly acted on) – Diploma of Social Media Marketing through Orana Fashion Business College. The course commenced in February 2024 and at my induction I thought to myself “Oh my goodness, what have I done? I don't fit in, I’ve overcommitted, I can’t do this!”
A full-time working Mum of twins, with a shift-working husband, I was often only able to study after 8:30pm, when the kids were in bed. There would be days where I would open my modules and think – “you will never get this finished, you can never finish anything”….then something changed.
I reached out to my trainer, Ayla and explained how challenging it was not having any due dates, being a self-paced course, I explained that as a Neurospicy Sparkly Human, I needed deadlines, otherwise I’d think I have forever to finish them and I work better with a sense of urgency. My amazing trainer gave me a list of options and put in due dates for all my assessments and suddenly I was focused, I was driven and my mindset changed. Such a simple action, but it empowered me to then study the way I needed to study.
I am so incredibly proud to say that today – I RECEIVED MY COMPLETED DIPLOMA. I cried so many tears when I received this email, because I achieved something I didn’t think I could, in a system that wasn’t set-up for me and my brain.
As I reflect, I think of the challenges, I think of the times I almost gave up. I think of how powerful it was to be able to advocate for myself and have someone else validate me completely, to ensure I was set up for success.
Today, I am so incredibly grateful, but also so proud. I turn 40 this year and I feel like this is just the beginning. I DID IT!!!!
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